Lot 196
  • 196

Germaine Richier

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Germaine Richier
  • Buste N°12
  • incised with the artist's signature, numbered 3/8 and stamped with the foundry mark
  • bronze with dark patina
  • 32 by 16 by 21cm.; 12 5/8 by 6 1/4 by 8 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1933-34, this work is number 3 from an edition of 8.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Berlin, Akademie der Kunste, Germaine Richier, 1997, p. 106, no. 4, another example exhibited and illustrated
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Germaine Richier, 2006-07, another example exhibited
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Germaine Richier: Retrospective, 2013-14, another example exhibited
Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Giacometti, Marini, Richier: The Tortured Figure, 2014, another example exhibited

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier: Retrospective, 1996, p. 23, illustration of the original plaster in colour

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals evidence of light oxidisation in isolated places.
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