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Germaine Richier (1902-1959)

Lot 9
06.12.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 9 | Germaine Richier (1902-1959)
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Germaine Richier (1902-1959)

La Sauterelle, petite

signé et numéroté 'G. Richier 8⁄8' et avec le cachet du fondeur 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (sur la terrasse)

bronze à patine noire

26.5 x 22.5 x 32 cm.

Conçue en 1944, cette œuvre porte le numéro 8⁄8 d’un tirage original de 12 épreuves : 1⁄8 à 8⁄8, HC1, HC2, HC3, EA.



signed and numbered 'G. Richier 8⁄8' and with the foundry stamp 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the terrace)

bronze with black patina

10 3⁄8 x 8 7⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in.

Conceived in 1944, this work is number 8⁄8 from an edition of 12 proofs: 1⁄8 to 8⁄8, HC1, HC2, HC3, EA.





Provenance

Galerie Claude Bernard, New York

Collection privée, Suisse

Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel



Literature

M. Gasser, 'Germaine Richier', in Werk, no. 3, Winterthur, mars 1946, pp. 69-77 (le plâtre illustré).

N. Jacometti, 'Germaine Richier', in Vie Art Cité, Lausanne, juillet 1946.

J. Pichard, 'Propos sur l'art: Germaine Richier au Musée d'Art Moderne', in La Croix, Paris, 13 octobre 1956.

R. Barotte, 'Le journal des arts: Germaine Richier a mêlé la réalité à l'imaginaire', in Paris-presse-L'Intransigeant, Paris, 4 août 1959 (un autre exemplaire illustré p. 6E).

M. Conil-Lacoste, Richier, Nouveau Dictionnaire de la sculpture moderne, Paris, 1970 (un autre exemplaire illustré pp. 262-264).

F. Morris, Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism, 1945-1955, catalogue d'exposition, Tate Gallery, 1993, pp. 161 et 162.

W. Verlag, Germaine Richier, Berlin 1997, p.190, No. 15 (un autre exemplaire illustré p. 77).

U. Grosenick, Women Artists. Femmes Artistes du XXe et du XXIe siècle, Cologne 2001, p. 448, No. 3 (un autre exemplaire illustré en couleurs p. 447).



Exhibited

Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, Plastiken : Marino Marini, Germaine Richier, Fritz Wotruba - Zeichnungen : Rodin, Maillot, Despiau, 1945, No. 36a (un autre exemplaire exposé).

Bâle, Kunsthalle, Germaine Richier, Bissière, H. r; Schiess, Vieira da Silva, Raoul Ubac, juin-juillet 1954, No. 1 (un autre exemplaire exposé).

Londres, Hanover Gallery, Sculpture, 1962, No. 47, (un autre exemplaire illustré au catalogue d'exposition n.p.)

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Germaine Richier, juin-juillet 1963, No. 26 (un autre exemplaire exposé).

Arles, Musée Réattu, Germaine Richier, juillet-septembre 1964, No. 10 (un autre exemplaire exposé).

Saint Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier, avril-juin 1996, p. 203, No. 14 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 46).

Paris, Centre Pompidou, Germaine Richier, mars-juin 2023, p. 284 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré en couleurs en couverture au catalogue d'exposition p. 124).
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