L'Homme qui marche I
E871594
L'Homme qui marche I is a celebrated bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti depicting an elongated, striding human figure that has become an iconic symbol of existentialism and modern art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L'Homme qui marche I canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10563404 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L'Homme qui marche I Context triple: [Alberto Giacometti, notableWork, L'Homme qui marche I]
-
A.
Der bewegte Mann
Der bewegte Mann is a popular 1994 German romantic comedy film, based on Ralf König’s comic books, that explores modern relationships and bisexuality with a humorous touch.
-
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.
-
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Mon homme
Mon homme is a French film known in English as "My Man."
- 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 qui marche I Target entity description: L'Homme qui marche I is a celebrated bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti depicting an elongated, striding human figure that has become an iconic symbol of existentialism and modern art.
-
A.
Der bewegte Mann
Der bewegte Mann is a popular 1994 German romantic comedy film, based on Ralf König’s comic books, that explores modern relationships and bisexuality with a humorous touch.
-
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.
-
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Mon homme
Mon homme is a French film known in English as "My Man."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | sculpture ⓘ |
| artist | Alberto Giacometti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paris art scene
ⓘ
post-war existentialism ⓘ |
| castingTechnique | lost-wax casting ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | Walking Man I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color | dark patinated bronze ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Alberto Giacometti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorLifespan | 1901–1966 ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
icon of 20th-century sculpture
ⓘ
symbol of modern urban alienation ⓘ |
| depicts |
elongated human figure
ⓘ
striding human figure ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | major museums worldwide ⓘ |
| genre | modern art ⓘ |
| hasSubjectHeading |
Human figure in art
ⓘ
Walking in art ⓘ |
| hasVersion | L'Homme qui marche II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 183 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1960 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
existentialist philosophy
ⓘ
post-war European art ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French title ⓘ |
| locatedInCollection | various private collections ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement |
existentialism in art
ⓘ
modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic image of modern sculpture
ⓘ
iconic symbol of existentialism ⓘ record-breaking auction price ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Walking Man sculptures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proportionCharacteristic | slender elongated limbs ⓘ |
| significantEvent | sold for a then-record price for a sculpture in 2010 ⓘ |
| soldAtAuction | Sotheby's London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stance | walking ⓘ |
| style | figurative abstraction ⓘ |
| subject | male figure ⓘ |
| surfaceCharacteristic | rough textured surface ⓘ |
| theme |
existential solitude
ⓘ
human condition ⓘ movement and transience ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Walking Man I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: L'Homme qui marche I Description of subject: L'Homme qui marche I is a celebrated bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti depicting an elongated, striding human figure that has become an iconic symbol of existentialism and modern art.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.