When we look at a painting hanging on an art gallery wall, we see only what the artist has chosen to disclose--the finished work of art.
A work of great literarydistinction, A Giacometti Portrait is, above all, a subtle and important evocation of a great artist..
What emerged was an illumination of what it is to be an artist and what it was to be Giacometti--a Portrait in prose of the man and his art.
The artist painted, and the model recorded the sittings and took photographs of the work in its various stages.
James Lord sat for eighteen days while his friend Alberto Giamcometti did his Portrait in oil.
A Giacometti Portrait is a picture of one of the century\'s greatest artists at work.
Everyone who has looked at paintings has wondered about this, and numerous efforts have been made to discover and depict the creative method of important artists.
What remains mysterious is the process of creation itself--the making of the work of art.
When we look at a painting hanging on an art gallery wall, we see only what the artist has chosen to disclose--the finished work of art
