The Cat

Alberto Giacometti

1954 · Bronze · Modern and Contemporary Art

Giacometti remembered that his brother Diego’s cat moved "just like a ray of light," squeezing its lithe and predatory form between close objects without ever touching them. This cat is one of only a few animal sculptures made by Giacometti; the other subjects—a dog and two horses—were also executed in plaster on the same day.

Artist

Alberto Giacometti

Date

1954

Medium

Bronze

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998