Virtual Showcases

Some of the posthumous papers of sculptor Karl Geiser (1898–1957) were given to SIK-ISEA in 2007. The fonds consists above all of letters between Karl Geiser, his family, friends and acquaintances, and clients.

The papers of Augusto Giacometti (1877–1947) arrived at SIK-ISEA in the mid-1960s thanks to a gift from the estate of the art historian Erwin Poeschel. The fonds includes diaries, sketchbooks, manuscripts and typoscripts of speeches, lectures and autobiographical pieces by the artist.

Bruno Giacometti, the youngest son of the artist Giovanni Giacometti (1868–1933), gave SIK-ISEA his father’s ‘Registri dei Quadri’ in 2007. These are the notebooks where the artist recorded his works in Indian ink and coloured pencil, noting alongside each drawing the title of the work, its date and the sale price.