L'Araignée I
Details
Germaine Richier (1904-1959)
L'Araignée I
signed (on the tail end), numbered 7/8 and stamped with the foundry mark L. Thinot Fondeur, Paris
bronze
approx. height: 17 1/4in. (43.8cm.)
approx. width: 21 1/2in. (54.6cm.)
Conceived in 1946.
L'Araignée I
signed (on the tail end), numbered 7/8 and stamped with the foundry mark L. Thinot Fondeur, Paris
bronze
approx. height: 17 1/4in. (43.8cm.)
approx. width: 21 1/2in. (54.6cm.)
Conceived in 1946.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist's estate by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue: Bern, Kunsthalle, Sculpteurs Contemporains de l'Ecole de Paris, February-March 1948, no. 122 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Stockholm, National Museum, Fransk Konst October-November 1949, no. 118 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Chicago, The Allan Frumkin Gallery, Germaine Richier, 1954, no. 3 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Germaine Richier, October-December 1956, no. 2 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Chateau d'Antibes, Musée Grimaldi, Germaine Richier, July-September 1959, no. 5 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Humblebaeck, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Germaine Richier, August-September 1988, no. 5 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Paris, Galerie H. Odermatt-Ph Cazeau, Hommage à Germaine Richier, February-March 1992, p. 25 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Stockholm, National Museum, Fransk Konst October-November 1949, no. 118 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Chicago, The Allan Frumkin Gallery, Germaine Richier, 1954, no. 3 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Germaine Richier, October-December 1956, no. 2 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Chateau d'Antibes, Musée Grimaldi, Germaine Richier, July-September 1959, no. 5 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Humblebaeck, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Germaine Richier, August-September 1988, no. 5 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).
Exhibition Catalogue: Paris, Galerie H. Odermatt-Ph Cazeau, Hommage à Germaine Richier, February-March 1992, p. 25 (another cast illustrated in the catalogue).