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Guerrier no. 6
Details
Germaine Richier (1902-1959)
Guerrier no. 6
incised with the artist's initials 'G. R.' (on the left leg); stamped with the foundry mark 'Valsuani Fondeur' (on the right leg)
bronze with dark patina
5 ½ x 5 ¾ x 3 ½in. (14 x 14.5 x 9cm.)
Executed in 1953, this work is number two from an edition of eight, numbered from 1/8 to 8/8 plus three hors de commerce and one artist’s proof
Guerrier no. 6
incised with the artist's initials 'G. R.' (on the left leg); stamped with the foundry mark 'Valsuani Fondeur' (on the right leg)
bronze with dark patina
5 ½ x 5 ¾ x 3 ½in. (14 x 14.5 x 9cm.)
Executed in 1953, this work is number two from an edition of eight, numbered from 1/8 to 8/8 plus three hors de commerce and one artist’s proof
Provenance
Private Collection, Europe.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
M. Conil-Lacoste, Chroniques: Germaine Richier ou la Confusion de Règnes, Marseille, 1957, pp. 307 -311.
P. Descargues, ’Une force en marche’, in Les lettres françaises, August 1959.
M. Conil-Lacoste and Fernand Hazan (ed.), ‘Richier,’ in Nouveau dictionnaire de la sculpture moderne, Paris, 1970, pp. 262-264.
Brassaï, Germaine Richier, Les Artistes de ma vie, Éditions Denoël, Paris, 1982, pp. 194-197.
P. Descargues, ’Une force en marche’, in Les lettres françaises, August 1959.
M. Conil-Lacoste and Fernand Hazan (ed.), ‘Richier,’ in Nouveau dictionnaire de la sculpture moderne, Paris, 1970, pp. 262-264.
Brassaï, Germaine Richier, Les Artistes de ma vie, Éditions Denoël, Paris, 1982, pp. 194-197.
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Germaine Richier, Bissière, H. R. Schiess, Vieira da Silva, Raoul Ubac, 1954 (another from the edition exhibited).
Chicago, The Allan Frumkin Gallery, The Sculpture of Germaine Richier, 1954, no. 17 (another from the edition exhibited).
London, The Hanover Gallery, Germaine Richier, 1955 (another from the edition exhibited).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Centre, Sculpture by Germaine Richier, 1958-1959 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Boston, University School of Fine Art and Applied Arts.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier: Retrospective, 1996, no. 57, p. 206 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 118).
Chicago, The Allan Frumkin Gallery, The Sculpture of Germaine Richier, 1954, no. 17 (another from the edition exhibited).
London, The Hanover Gallery, Germaine Richier, 1955 (another from the edition exhibited).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Centre, Sculpture by Germaine Richier, 1958-1959 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Boston, University School of Fine Art and Applied Arts.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier: Retrospective, 1996, no. 57, p. 206 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 118).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Further Details
Françoise Guiter will include this work in the upcoming Germaine Richier Catalogue Raisonné in preparation and we are grateful for her assistance.
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