Lot 155
  • 155

Germaine Richier

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Germaine Richier
  • Le torse
  • signé, numéroté HC1 et porte le cachet du fondeur Susse Frères
  • bronze
  • 144,5 x 60 x 32 cm; 56 7/8 x 23 5/8 x 12 9/16 in.
  • Exécuté en 1941.

Provenance

Collection particulière, Etats-Unis

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie H. Odermatt, Ph. Cazeau, Hommage à Germaine Richier, 28 février - 25 avril 1992; catalogue, p.13, illustré (autre exemplaire)
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Germaine Richier, 7 septembre - 2 novembre 1997; catalogue, p.86, no. 23, illustré (autre exemplaire)
Venise, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Germaine Richier, 28 octobre 2006 - 5 février 2007; catalogue, p.15, illustré (autre exemplaire)

Condition

Aside from some minor wears and oxidation on the bronze, and some wears and marks on the base, this work is in very good original condition.
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