ID 1401563
Lot 535 | Germaine Richier (1902-1956)
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
Lucette ou Le Cirque
signé et numéroté 'G. Richier 7/8' (sur la terrasse); avec le cachet de fondeur 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (sur un côté de la terrasse)
bronze à patine brune
92 x 39 x 22 cm.
Conçue en 1937, cette œuvre porte le numéro 7/8 d'un tirage original de 12 épreuves: 1/8 à 8/8, HC1, HC2, HC3, EA.
signed and numbered 'G. Richier 7/8' (on the terrace); with the foundry stamp 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on a terrace side)
bronze with brown patina
36 ¼ x 15 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.
Conceived in 1937, this work bears the number 7/8 from an edition of 12 proofs: 1/8 to 8/8, HC1, HC2, HC3, EA.
Provenance
Galerie Hervé Odermatt, Paris
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel
Literature
A. Benoist, "Sculpture-Exposition. 'Germaine Richier', un festin de la femme-araignée à la Fondation Maeght", in AFP, Paris, 7 avril 1996 (un autre exemplaire).
G. Breerette, "Culture, Les étranges créatures de Germaine Richier enfin rassemblées", in Le Monde, Paris, 17 avril 1996 (un autre exemplaire).
M. Gibson, "Germaine Richier, an Original", in International Herald Tribune, New York, 4 mai 1996 (un autre exemplaire).
B. Heitz, "Art - Rétrospective Germaine Richier. Le chaos debout", in Télérama, Paris, 8-14 mai 1996, pp. 92 et 94 (un autre exemplaire).
A. Dreyfus, "Culture. Germaine Richier, des spectres familiers", in Libération, Paris, 18 juin 1996, p. 37 (un autre exemplaire illustré).
F. Guiter, Germaine Richier, Vie et œuvre, Catalogue raisonné, Tome I, Milan, 2024, pp. 326, 328, 549 et 555, No. 59 (illustré pp. 327 et 329).
Exhibited
Winterthour, Kunstmuseum Winterthour, René Auberjonois, Gemälde und Zeichnungen - Germaine Richier, Plastiken, novembre-décembre 1942, p. 7, No. 171 (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Berne, Kunsthalle, Plastiken: Marino Marini, Germaine Richier, Fritz Wotruba, Zeichnungen: Rodin, Maillol, Despiau, juin-juillet 1945, No. 25 (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Genève, Galerie Georges Moos, Germaine Richier, mars-avril 1946, No. 3 (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Bratislava (octobre-novembre); Brno (novembre-décembre); Munich (janvier-février), Sculptures françaises contemporaines en Tchécoslovaquie et en Allemagne, 1947-1948 (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier, Rétrospective, avril-septembre 1996, p.26, No. 3 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition).
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Germaine Richier, septembre-novembre 1997, pp. 11 et 84, No. 7 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition).
Berne, Kunstmuseum Bern (novembre-avril); Mannheim, Kunsthalle Mannheim (mai-août), Germaine Richier, Rétrospective, 2013-2014, No. 13.
Artist: | Germaine Richier (1902 - 1959) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze |
Art style: | Post War Art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Artist: | Germaine Richier (1902 - 1959) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze |
Art style: | Post War Art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Address of auction |
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