Focus on Tête qui regarde and explore the Origin.
Giacometti had been working on portraits of his father Giovanni in 1927 before moving on to Tête qui regarde.  Early examples were made in 1928, and the sculpture was first exhibited beside works of Massimo Campigli at the Jeanne Bucher Gallery in Paris in 1929.  A plaster copy was bought by Charles de Noailles, bringing Giacometti into a circle of Surrealists that included André Masson, André Breton, Jacques Prévert, Yves Tanguy, Robert Desnos, Raymond Queneau, Michel Leiris, and Georges Bataille.  Bronzes were cast in 1956.
André Breton Jacques Prévert Massimo Campigli Surrealist Georges Bataille Michel Leiris André Masson Raymond Queneau Jeanne Bucher Robert Desnos Charles de Noailles Yves Tanguy