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Germaine Richier (1902-1959)

Lot 347
07.06.2024 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 347 | Germaine Richier (1902-1959)
Estimate value
€ 80 000 – 120 000
Germaine Richier (1902-1959)
L'Homme qui marche
signé et inscrit 'G. Richier 1/8' (sur la terrasse) et avec le cachet du fondeur 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (à l'arrière de la terrasse)
bronze à patine brun foncé
88 x 33 x 22.9 cm.
Conçue en 1945, cette œuvre porte le numéro 1/8 d’un tirage original de 12 épreuves : 1/8 à 8/8, HC1, HC2, HC3, EA.

signed and inscribed 'G. Richier 1/8' (on the terrace) and with the foundry stamp 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the terrace)
bronze with dark brown patina
34 5/8 x 13 x 9 in.
Conceived in 1945, this work bears the number 1/8 from an edition of 12 proofs: 1/8 to 8/8, HC1, HC2, HC3, EA.




Provenance

Collection privée, États-Unis



Literature

R. Barotte, 'Germaine Richier...a mêlé la réalité à l'imaginaire', in Le Journal des Arts, 4 August 1959, p. 6E (un autre exemplaire).
G. Brassaï, 'Germaine Richier', in Les Artistes de ma vie, 1982, pp. 194-197 (un autre exemplaire).
P. Dagen, 'Près de cent collectionneurs privés envahissent le musée', in Le Monde, 5 décembre 1995 (un autre exemplaire illustré p. 24).
W. Verlag, Germaine Richier, Berlin, 1997, No. 191 (un autre exemplaire illustré p. 88).



Exhibited

Londres, Anglo French Art Center, Sculpture of Germaine Richier, Engravings Studio of Roger Lacourière, septembre 1947, No. 10 (un autre exemplaire exposé; titré 'Study of a Man').
Berne, Kunsthalle, Sculpteurs contemporains de l'Ecole de Paris, février-mars 1948, No. 118 (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 13 Sculpteurs de Paris, novembre 1948-février 1949 (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Bâle, Kunsthalle, Arp, Germaine Richier, Laurens, 1948 (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Germaine Richier, octobre-décembre 1956, No. 3 (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Germaine Richier, juin-juillet 1963, No. 22, pl. IV (un autre exemplaire exposé).
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Germaine Richier, août-septembre 1988, No. 3 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré n.p.).
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Passions Privées, décembre 1995-mars 1996, No. 6 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 271).
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier, Retrospective, avril-juin 1996, pp. 48-49, No. 16 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition n.p.).
Berlin, Akademie der Kunste, Germaine Richier, Rétrospective, 1997, p. 88, No. 21 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition n.p.).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou (mars-juin); Montpellier (juillet-novembre), Germaine Richier, une retrospective, 2023 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition pp. 108-109).
Artist:Germaine Richier (1902 - 1959)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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