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Germaine Richier

I am more moved by a charred tree stump than by an apple tree in full bloom.

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Germaine Richier was born in Grans (Bouches-du-Rhone, France) in 1904, where she spent her childhood. From 1922-1925, she studied at the Ecole des beaux-arts de Montpellier in the studio of Guigues, the former assistant of Rodin. Germaine Richier went to Paris in 1925, studying with Antoine Bourdelle until 1929, the year she married the sculptor Otto Banninger. She worked completely . . .

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Beyond works currently in stock, it seemed to me useful to combine business with pleasure by letting you discover others works by artists in my gallery. These artworks, now sold or removed from our website, have been in our stock in the past. These pages will undoubtedly make it possible for some of you to associate an image with its title or the other way round, for others it will be a good time to discover more on such and such artist. For the sake of confidentiality – the pieces being no longer available – we won't display neither their numbering or their price. For whatever reason, make sure to visit this amazing art database with to date 6441 online works just for your pleasure! Michelle Champetier

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Original signed etching de Richier Germaine : L'homme chauve-souris
L'homme...
1955 Original etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist. Ed. Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris. Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut, MAM Ville de Paris, n°311
Signed etching aquatint de Richier Germaine : L'homme chauve-souris
L'homme...
1955 Original etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist. Ed. Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris. Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut MAM Ville de Paris n°311
Lithograph poster de Richier Germaine : Musée Reattu - Arles
Musée Reattu -...
1964 Poster, printed in lithograph by Mourlot, for the exhibition of the artist in the Museum Reattu in Arles. Without
Original etching de Richier Germaine : L' Hydre
L' Hydre
Circa 1960 Original etching and aquatint, unsigned, printed by Atelier Lacourière and Frélaut, Paris. Without
Original etching aquatint de Richier Germaine : Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Circa 1951 Original etching and aquatint, unsigned, printed by Atelier Lacourière and Frélaut, Paris. Without
Signed etching aquatint de Richier Germaine : L'homme chauve-souris
L'homme...
1955 Original etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist. Ed. Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris. Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut MAM Ville de Paris n°311
Illustrated Book de Richier Germaine : Une saison en enfer
Une saison en enfer
1951 Book in-folio, in sheets. Texts by Arthur Rimbaud : "Une saison en enfer", extracts of "Les Déserts de l'amour" and of "Les Illuminations". Book... Monod, Vol. II n° 9760
Original lithograph de Richier Germaine : DLM n° 131
DLM n° 131
1948 Issue "Derrière le Miroir". Texts by Francis Ponge, Georges Limbour and René de Solier, illustrated by 1 original lithograph in colors and 5... Cat. "Derrière le Miroir, 1946-1982", p. 14
Etching signed de Richier Germaine : The grasshopper and the owl
The grasshopper and...
Circa 1955 Original etching, signed in pencil. Blind stamp "GG". Without
Original signed etching de Richier Germaine : Composition
Composition
Date unknow Original etching, signed in pencil. Without
Signed etching aquatint de Richier Germaine : L'homme chauve-souris
L'homme...
1955 Original etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist. Ed. Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris. Unknow
Original etching de Richier Germaine : L'homme chauve-souris
L'homme...
1955 Original etching and aquatint, signed in pencil. Ed. Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris. Unknown
Original signed etching de Richier Germaine : Untitled
Untitled
unknown date Original etching, signed in pencil. unknown

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
*« Germaine Richier », C. R. en préparation, Françoise Guiter, Paris All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Germaine Richier », A. P. de Mandiargues, Ed. Synthèses, Bruxelles, 1959
  • « The Sculptures of G. Richier », R De Solier, M Jackson Gallery, NY, c.1960
  • « Germaine Richier », Jean Cassou, Ed. du Temps, Paris, 1961
  • « Germaine Richier, 1904 – 1959 », Galerie Creuzevault, Paris, 1966
  • « Dans le secret des ateliers », Georges Limbour, Ed. L'elocoquent, Paris, 1986
  • « Germaine Richier, rétrospective », J. L. Prat, cat. d'expo. St. Paul, Ed. Maeght, 1996
  • « Germaine Richier », F. Guiter, Köln Wienand Verlag, 1997
  • « Germaine Richier », Weltkunst & Bruckmann, München, 1998
  • « Hommage à G. Richier », L. Thorn-Petit et H.Odermatt, Luxembourg, 2001
  • « Germaine Richier, un art entre deux mondes », Valérie Da Costa, Ed. Norma, 2006
To read from the artist :
  • in « Germaine Richier », Galerie Creuzevault, Paris, 1966
  • « Germaine Richier en 1952, sur les artistes femmes », in Prod. France Culture, 2015
Website :
www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/richier_ge

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Mouvements de l'art

  • + MODERN SCULPTURE / 1930-1970 / William Kenneth Armiage, Constantin Brancusi, Anthony Caro, Naum Gabo, Pablo Gargallo, Isamu Noguchi, etc.
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