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Lot 164
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Germaine Richier

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Germaine Richier
  • La Sauterelle, Petite
  • signed and inscribed H.C. 3 on the base
  • bronze
  • 26.5 by 22.5 by 31.5cm.; 10 3/8 by 8 7/8 by 21 3/8 in.
  • Executed in 1944, this work is number H.C.3 from an edition of 8 plus 3 hors de commerces and 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1979

Literature

Izhtak Goldberg, "Les Betes Humaines de Germaine Richier", Beaux-Arts Magazine, Paris, 1996, pp. 64-68, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier: Retrospective, 1996, p. 46, no. 14, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Berlin, Akademie der Kunste, Germaine Richier, 1997, p. 77, no. 15 illustration of another example

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Some light dust has accumulated in certain crevices of the sculpture.
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