L'Homme au doigt
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L'Homme au doigt is a famous bronze sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, depicting an elongated, emaciated male figure pointing outward in his signature existential style.
All labels observed (1)
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| L'Homme au doigt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10563406 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L'Homme au doigt Context triple: [Alberto Giacometti, notableWork, L'Homme au doigt]
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A.
L’Homme qui vient
L’Homme qui vient is a political and philosophical work by French writer and activist Georges Valois, reflecting his evolving ideological views in early 20th-century France.
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B.
De l'homme
De l'homme is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Claude Adrien Helvétius that explores human nature, sensation, and morality from a materialist and utilitarian perspective.
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C.
L'Homme, cet inconnu
L'Homme, cet inconnu is a controversial 1935 book by Nobel Prize–winning surgeon Alexis Carrel that explores human biology, psychology, and society through a blend of scientific observation and speculative, often eugenic, ideas.
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D.
Mon homme
Mon homme is a French film known in English as "My Man."
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E.
Loin des hommes
Loin des hommes is a French drama film set in 1950s Algeria that explores themes of colonialism, morality, and human connection amid the Algerian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L'Homme au doigt Target entity description: L'Homme au doigt is a famous bronze sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, depicting an elongated, emaciated male figure pointing outward in his signature existential style.
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A.
L’Homme qui vient
L’Homme qui vient is a political and philosophical work by French writer and activist Georges Valois, reflecting his evolving ideological views in early 20th-century France.
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B.
De l'homme
De l'homme is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Claude Adrien Helvétius that explores human nature, sensation, and morality from a materialist and utilitarian perspective.
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C.
L'Homme, cet inconnu
L'Homme, cet inconnu is a controversial 1935 book by Nobel Prize–winning surgeon Alexis Carrel that explores human biology, psychology, and society through a blend of scientific observation and speculative, often eugenic, ideas.
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D.
Mon homme
Mon homme is a French film known in English as "My Man."
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E.
Loin des hommes
Loin des hommes is a French drama film set in 1950s Algeria that explores themes of colonialism, morality, and human connection amid the Algerian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | sculpture ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
iconic work of 20th-century sculpture
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one of Alberto Giacometti's most famous works ⓘ |
| artist | Alberto Giacometti ⓘ |
| castingTechnique | lost-wax casting ⓘ |
| color | dark bronze ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Alberto Giacometti ⓘ |
| creatorBirthPlace | Borgonovo, Switzerland ⓘ |
| creatorMovement |
Existentialism
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Modern art ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| depictionCharacteristic |
attenuated body
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elongated limbs ⓘ rough surface texture ⓘ |
| depicts |
male figure
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pointing figure ⓘ standing human figure ⓘ |
| genre |
existential art
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figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| height | about 1.8 metres ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| medium | bronze ⓘ |
| movement |
Existentialism
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Modernism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Alberto Giacometti ⓘ |
| period | post-World War II art ⓘ |
| recordHeld | most expensive sculpture sold at auction as of 2015 ⓘ |
| saleDate | May 11, 2015 ⓘ |
| salePrice | approximately 141 million US dollars ⓘ |
| significantEvent | record-breaking auction sale in 2015 ⓘ |
| soldAtAuction |
Christie's New York
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linked to:
Christie’s
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| style |
elongated figures
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emaciated figures ⓘ |
| subjectGender | male ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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existential isolation ⓘ human condition ⓘ |
| title |
L'Homme au doigt
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The Pointing Man ⓘ |
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