Grande Femme II, Bronze sculpture in Tuileries Garden, France
Grande Femme II is a bronze sculpture in Tuileries Garden showing an elongated female figure with a distinctive rough surface. The work stands roughly 9 feet (2.75 meters) tall and catches the eye with its stretched proportions that reduce the body to a slim, almost abstract form.
Grande Femme II was made between 1959 and 1960. It was installed in the Tuileries Garden in Paris in 2000, together with about a dozen other contemporary works, replacing Jules Desbois's L'Hiver in the centre of a flowerbed.
Installed in 2000 at the centre of a Tuileries flowerbed, the bronze replaced Jules Desbois's L'Hiver as part of a group of about a dozen contemporary works placed in the garden that year. Visitors can walk around the nude, slender figure and see how Giacometti (1901-1966) reduced the body to a thin, rough-surfaced form.
The sculpture can be viewed from different angles while walking the garden's main pathways. The work is best seen on bright days to fully appreciate the surface texture and details.
Grande Femme II was installed in the Tuileries in 2000 along with about a dozen other contemporary works, taking the spot of Jules Desbois's sculpture L'Hiver. The bronze stands in the centre of a flowerbed, so visitors pass it on the garden's paths rather than in a gallery.
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