The year is 1964, and Paris is the setting. Alberto Giacometti, a Swiss sculptor and painter who is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him that it will take no more than two or three hours, and at the most an afternoon, to complete.
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The year is 1964, and Paris is the setting. Alberto Giacometti, a Swiss sculptor and painter who is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him that it will take no more than two or three hours, and at the most an afternoon, to complete.
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