David Weiss at Matthew Marks Gallery

Before late Swiss artist David Weiss joined forces with Peter Fischli to become the charmingly eccentric duo Fischli and Weiss, he traveled widely, drawing as he went.  Also inspired by underground comics, Weiss produced drawings like this tongue-in-cheek take on Giacometti’s famously reduced figure, currently on view at Matthew Marks Gallery’s 24th Street location. (On view through April 6th).

David Weiss, Untitled (Giacometti), watercolor, ink and graphite on paper, 9 3/8 x 6 ½ inches, 1978.