Lot 197
  • 197

GERMAINE RICHIER | Buste de jeune fille

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • After Germaine Richier
  • Buste de jeune fille
  • signed and stamped with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier, Paris and dedicated A Lisbeth 1934.
  • bronze with brown patina
  • 34 x 20 x 27 cm; 13 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1934, this work is unique.

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris
Sale: Sotheby's, Paris, Art Contemporain, 1 June 2011, lot 150
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Paris, Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Exposition Germaine Richier - sculptures, dessins, 1936
Paris, Petit Palais, Trentième groupe des artistes de ce temps, 1938

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate.The work is in very good condition.
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