Notes on the Copies

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Is a copy anything but an attempt to extract the maximum from an encounter with a work of art? I’m convinced that the copy of a masterpiece is the best school there is for any artist who decides to make art.

Including the following texts by Alberto Giacometti:

Notes on the copies

Extract from a conversation with Gotthard Jedlicka

At the Louvre with Giacometti

A conversation with Pierre Schneider

For 15 days now…

Extract from a conversation with Andre Parinaud

Is Greek art modern?

A conversation with Georges Charbonnier