GERMAINE RICHIER (1902-1959)

Lot 62
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Lot 62 | GERMAINE RICHIER (1902-1959)
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£ 200 000 – 300 000
GERMAINE RICHIER (1902-1959)

The Pentacle

signed, numbered and incised with foundry mark ‘G. Richier 0⁄6 Valsuani cire perdue’ (on the base)

bronze with black patina

32 1⁄4 x 14 1⁄8 x 8 7⁄8in. (81.9 x 35.9 x 22.5cm.)

Conceived in 1954, this work is from an edition of twelve proofs: 1⁄6 to 6⁄6, HC1, HC2, HC3, EA, 0⁄6 and 00⁄6





Provenance

Henri Creuzevault, Paris.

Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1960s.



Literature

J. Grenier, 'Germaine Richier, Sculpteur du Terrible', in L'OEil, September 1955, pp. 26-31, no. 9.

D. Chevalier, 'Un grand sculpteur: Germaine Richier', in Prestige Français et Mondanités, September 1956, pp. 60-65, no. 19.

A. Chastel, 'Au Musée d'Art Moderne: Germaine Richier, la puissance et le malaise', in Le Monde, October 1956.

D. Chevalier, 'Dans son atelier, vaste forêt de plâtres et de bronzes, Germaine Richier, chef d'école, sculpte les grands mythes sylvestres', in Femme, October-November 1956, pp. 81-83.

M. Conil-Lacoste, 'Germaine Richier ou la confusion des règnes', in Cahiers du Sud, February 1957, pp. 307-311.

Germaine Richier, exh cat., Cagnes-sur-Mer, Château-musée Grimaldi, 1959.

C. Roger-Marx, 'Cette héritière inspirée des grands maîtres: Germaine Richier', in Le Figaro Littéraire, August 1959.

Galerie Creuzevault (ed.), Germaine Richier: 1904-1959, Paris 1966 (another example illustrated, unpaged).

E. Crispolti, I maestri della scultura, Milan 1968, pp. 50-52, no. 65.

M. Conil-Lacoste, Nouveau dictionnaire de la sculpture moderne, Paris 1970, pp. 262-264.

J-L. Ferrier and Y. Le Pichon, 'Adieu à Germaine Richier Sculpture, 1959', in L'aventure de l'art au XXème siècle, Paris 1988, p. 563.



Exhibited

London, The Hanover Gallery, Germaine Richier, 1955, no. 6 (another example exhibited).

Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Germaine Richier, 1956, no. 60, pl. XV (another from the edition exhibited).

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Sculpture by Germaine Richier, 1958, no. 19 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated).

Boston, University School of Fine and Applied Arts, Sculpture by Germaine Richier, 1959, no. 27 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated).

Antibes, Musée Picasso, Germaine Richier, 1959, no. 86 (another from the edition exhibited).

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Germaine Richier, 1963 (another example exhibited).

Arles, Musée Réattu, Germaine Richier, 1964, no. 46 (another from the edition exhibited).

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier, 1966 (another example exhibited, illustrated).

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, In the Mind's Eye: Dada and Surrealism, 1984-1985 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated).

Humlebaeck, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Germaine Richier, 1988, pp. 8-17, no. 25 (another from the edition exhibited).

London, Tate Gallery, Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism, 1945-1955, 1993, pp. 161-162, no. 102 (another from the edition exhibited).

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier Rétrospective, 1996, pp. 136, 138 and 207, no. 75 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 137; detail illustrated in colour, p. 139).

Bâle, Galerie Krugier, 1994 (another example exhibited).

Berlin, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germaine Richier, 1997, p. 193, no. 66 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, pp. 98-99).

Isle-sur-La-Sorgue, Musée Campredon, Bourdelle et ses élèves: Giacometti, Richier et Gutfreund, 1998-1999, no. 107 (another example exhibited, illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée Bourdelle and Prague, Czech Museum of Fine Arts.

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Le Nu au XXème siècle, 2000-2001, no. 131 (another example exhibited, illustrated).

Venice, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Richier, 2006-2007, pp. 37, 84 and 85 (another example exhibited, illustrated in colour).

Clermont-Ferrand, Frac Auverge, Un corps inattendu, 2011 (another example exhibited).

Bern, Kunstmuseum, Germaine Richier Retrospective, 2013-2014, no. 60 (another example exhibited).



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