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Le Griffu (The Claw)
Details
GERMAINE RICHIER (1902-1959)
Le Griffu (The Claw)
signed and numbered ‘6⁄6 G. Richier’ (lower right foot); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris (on the inside of the right foot)
bronze
37 ¾ x 37 x 29 ½in. (96 x 94 x 75cm.)
Conceived in 1951-1952, this work is the number 6⁄6 from the original edition that comprises 11 copies, from 1⁄6 to 6⁄6 and HC1, HC2, HC3, EA, 0⁄6.
Le Griffu (The Claw)
signed and numbered ‘6⁄6 G. Richier’ (lower right foot); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris (on the inside of the right foot)
bronze
37 ¾ x 37 x 29 ½in. (96 x 94 x 75cm.)
Conceived in 1951-1952, this work is the number 6⁄6 from the original edition that comprises 11 copies, from 1⁄6 to 6⁄6 and HC1, HC2, HC3, EA, 0⁄6.
Provenance
Galerie Creuzevault, Paris.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent.
Literature
R. de Solier, 'Germaine Richier', in Les Cahiers d'Art, June 1953, pp. 123-129, no. 28 (another cast illustrated).
P. Francastel, ‘La nouvelle sculpture, Richier Germaine’ in Les Sculptures célèbres, 1954, pp. 316-320 and 499 (another cast illustrated).
W. George, ‘Germaine Richier’ in Prisme des arts, April 1956, no. 2 (another cast illustrated).
A. Chastel, ‘Au musée d’Art moderne: «Germaine Richier: la puissance et le malaise»’ in Le Monde, 13 October 1956.
R. Barotte, ‘Les expositions – Au musée d’Art moderne: «Germaine Richier sculpteur de l’inaccessible»’ in Plaisir de France, November 1956.
A. Watt, ‘Paris commentary’ in The Studio, January 1957, pp. 22-25, no. 153 (another cast illustrated).
R. Barotte, ‘Germaine Richier… a mêlé la réalité à l'imaginaire’ in Journal des Arts, 4 August 1959, p. 6E. (another cast illustrated).
J. Cassou, Modern Sculptors: Germaine Richier, Paris 1961, p. 8 (another cast illustrated on the front cover).
Galerie Creuzevault, Germaine Richier: 1904-1959, Paris 1966 (studio view with original plaster cast illustrated in colour, p. 27 and another cast illustrated, p. 72).
R. Varia, ‘Un poet tragic’ in Secolul 20, Summer 1968, no. 3.
R. Barotte, ‘A la rencontre de Germaine Richier (1904-1959), le sculpteur qui va… au-delà de’, in Vision sur les art, November 1978.
Brassaï, Les Artistes de ma vie, Paris 1982, p. 194.
L. Jianou, G. Xuriga and A. Lardera, La Sculpture moderne en France depuis 1950, Paris 1982, p. 178.
J-L. Daval, ed., L'art en Europe: Les années décisives 1945-1953, Geneva 1987, p. 318 (another cast illustrated, p. 90).
J-L. Ferrier and Y. Le Pichon, L’Aventure de l’art au XXème siècle, Paris 1988 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 563).
E. Lebovici, ‘L’atelier de Germaine Richier vu par Pierre-Olivier Deschamps’ in Beaux-arts magazine, November 1989, pp. 94-99, no. 73 (another cast illustrated).
London, Tate Gallery, Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism, 1945-1955, 1993, pp. 161-162, 226 (another cast exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 169).
P. Levy, ‘London’s Frenetic Gallery Scene: O’Keeffe sinks; Freud is missing’ in The Wall Street Journal Europe, 11 June 1993.
D. Gébé, ‘Philatelie: Bon à savoir’, in Le Républicain Lorrain, 10 April 1994.
‘De l'art déco à Germaine RICHIER’ in La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, no. 25, 17 June 1994, pp. 21-22 (another cast illustrated).
L’envolée, l’enfouissement, exh. cat., Antibes, Musée Picasso, 1995, p. 88.
G. Breerette, ‘Les étranges créatures de Germaine Richier enfin rassemblées’ in Le Monde, 17 April 1996 (another cast illustrated).
P. Piguet, ‘Dans ses sculptures, Germaine Richier réconcilie l'homme et la nature in La Croix, 18 April 1996.
B. Heitz, ‘Rétrospective Germaine Richier: Le chaos debout' in Télérama, May 1996, pp. 92-94 (another cast illustrated).
A. Spire, 'Germaine Richier ou la stratégie de la mante religieuse' in L'Humanité, 9 May 1996, p. 20 (another cast illustrated).
I. Goldberg, 'Les bêtes humaines de Germaine Richier' in Beaux-arts magazine, May 1996, pp. 64-68 (another cast illustrated).
A. Dreyfus, 'Germaine Richier, des spectres familiers' in Libération, 18 June 1996, p. 37 (another cast illustrated).
A. Spire, ‘ Germaine Richier ou la stratégie de la mante religieuse ‘ in L’Humanité, 19 May 1996, p. 20
P. Piguet, 'Saint-Paul de Vence: Germaine Richier' in Art Press, June 1996, pp. 60-61 (another cast illustrated).
J.-M. Tasset, 'Germaine Richier, la dame de bronze' in Le Figaro, 2 July 1996 (another cast illustrated).
H. Bellet, 'Germaine Richier', in Atelier International, Tokyo, July 1996, pp. 15-25, no. 828 (another cast illustrated).
P. H. Feist, 'Imagination geht von organischer Wahrheit aus - In der Berliner Akademie: Das Lebenswerk der Bildhauerin Germaine Richier' in Neues Deutschland, 26 September 1997 (another cast illustrated, p. 10).
C. Blechen, 'Das Bestiaruim der Gottesanbeterin - Die Stunde des Krallen Wesens: Germaine Richier, eine Zelebrität der Nachkreigskunst in Der Berliner Akademie der Künste' in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 4 October 1997, p. 37, no. 230 (another cast illustrated).
L. Ditzen, 'Insekt und in Bronze - Gefühl und Ratio: Germaine Richier in einer Ausstellung in Berlin' in Süddeutsche Zeitung, 9 October 1997 (another cast illustrated).
R. Storr, Modern Art despite Modernism, New York 2000, p. 245 (another cast illustrated, p. 197).
J. Gladow, ‘Auguste Rodin und sein Einfluss auf die zeitgenössische Kunst’ in NW Kultur, 8 November 2019, digital (installation view of another cast at Bielefeld, Kunsthalle illustrated in colour).
M. Marron-Wojewodzki, ‘Sculptures à fils’, exh. cat., Germaine Richier, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 2023, pp. 164-165 (another cast illustrated).
F. Guiter, Germaine Richier Life and work, Catalogue raisonné, vol.1, Paris 2024, pp. 48-49.
P. Francastel, ‘La nouvelle sculpture, Richier Germaine’ in Les Sculptures célèbres, 1954, pp. 316-320 and 499 (another cast illustrated).
W. George, ‘Germaine Richier’ in Prisme des arts, April 1956, no. 2 (another cast illustrated).
A. Chastel, ‘Au musée d’Art moderne: «Germaine Richier: la puissance et le malaise»’ in Le Monde, 13 October 1956.
R. Barotte, ‘Les expositions – Au musée d’Art moderne: «Germaine Richier sculpteur de l’inaccessible»’ in Plaisir de France, November 1956.
A. Watt, ‘Paris commentary’ in The Studio, January 1957, pp. 22-25, no. 153 (another cast illustrated).
R. Barotte, ‘Germaine Richier… a mêlé la réalité à l'imaginaire’ in Journal des Arts, 4 August 1959, p. 6E. (another cast illustrated).
J. Cassou, Modern Sculptors: Germaine Richier, Paris 1961, p. 8 (another cast illustrated on the front cover).
Galerie Creuzevault, Germaine Richier: 1904-1959, Paris 1966 (studio view with original plaster cast illustrated in colour, p. 27 and another cast illustrated, p. 72).
R. Varia, ‘Un poet tragic’ in Secolul 20, Summer 1968, no. 3.
R. Barotte, ‘A la rencontre de Germaine Richier (1904-1959), le sculpteur qui va… au-delà de’, in Vision sur les art, November 1978.
Brassaï, Les Artistes de ma vie, Paris 1982, p. 194.
L. Jianou, G. Xuriga and A. Lardera, La Sculpture moderne en France depuis 1950, Paris 1982, p. 178.
J-L. Daval, ed., L'art en Europe: Les années décisives 1945-1953, Geneva 1987, p. 318 (another cast illustrated, p. 90).
J-L. Ferrier and Y. Le Pichon, L’Aventure de l’art au XXème siècle, Paris 1988 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 563).
E. Lebovici, ‘L’atelier de Germaine Richier vu par Pierre-Olivier Deschamps’ in Beaux-arts magazine, November 1989, pp. 94-99, no. 73 (another cast illustrated).
London, Tate Gallery, Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism, 1945-1955, 1993, pp. 161-162, 226 (another cast exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 169).
P. Levy, ‘London’s Frenetic Gallery Scene: O’Keeffe sinks; Freud is missing’ in The Wall Street Journal Europe, 11 June 1993.
D. Gébé, ‘Philatelie: Bon à savoir’, in Le Républicain Lorrain, 10 April 1994.
‘De l'art déco à Germaine RICHIER’ in La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, no. 25, 17 June 1994, pp. 21-22 (another cast illustrated).
L’envolée, l’enfouissement, exh. cat., Antibes, Musée Picasso, 1995, p. 88.
G. Breerette, ‘Les étranges créatures de Germaine Richier enfin rassemblées’ in Le Monde, 17 April 1996 (another cast illustrated).
P. Piguet, ‘Dans ses sculptures, Germaine Richier réconcilie l'homme et la nature in La Croix, 18 April 1996.
B. Heitz, ‘Rétrospective Germaine Richier: Le chaos debout' in Télérama, May 1996, pp. 92-94 (another cast illustrated).
A. Spire, 'Germaine Richier ou la stratégie de la mante religieuse' in L'Humanité, 9 May 1996, p. 20 (another cast illustrated).
I. Goldberg, 'Les bêtes humaines de Germaine Richier' in Beaux-arts magazine, May 1996, pp. 64-68 (another cast illustrated).
A. Dreyfus, 'Germaine Richier, des spectres familiers' in Libération, 18 June 1996, p. 37 (another cast illustrated).
A. Spire, ‘ Germaine Richier ou la stratégie de la mante religieuse ‘ in L’Humanité, 19 May 1996, p. 20
P. Piguet, 'Saint-Paul de Vence: Germaine Richier' in Art Press, June 1996, pp. 60-61 (another cast illustrated).
J.-M. Tasset, 'Germaine Richier, la dame de bronze' in Le Figaro, 2 July 1996 (another cast illustrated).
H. Bellet, 'Germaine Richier', in Atelier International, Tokyo, July 1996, pp. 15-25, no. 828 (another cast illustrated).
P. H. Feist, 'Imagination geht von organischer Wahrheit aus - In der Berliner Akademie: Das Lebenswerk der Bildhauerin Germaine Richier' in Neues Deutschland, 26 September 1997 (another cast illustrated, p. 10).
C. Blechen, 'Das Bestiaruim der Gottesanbeterin - Die Stunde des Krallen Wesens: Germaine Richier, eine Zelebrität der Nachkreigskunst in Der Berliner Akademie der Künste' in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 4 October 1997, p. 37, no. 230 (another cast illustrated).
L. Ditzen, 'Insekt und in Bronze - Gefühl und Ratio: Germaine Richier in einer Ausstellung in Berlin' in Süddeutsche Zeitung, 9 October 1997 (another cast illustrated).
R. Storr, Modern Art despite Modernism, New York 2000, p. 245 (another cast illustrated, p. 197).
J. Gladow, ‘Auguste Rodin und sein Einfluss auf die zeitgenössische Kunst’ in NW Kultur, 8 November 2019, digital (installation view of another cast at Bielefeld, Kunsthalle illustrated in colour).
M. Marron-Wojewodzki, ‘Sculptures à fils’, exh. cat., Germaine Richier, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 2023, pp. 164-165 (another cast illustrated).
F. Guiter, Germaine Richier Life and work, Catalogue raisonné, vol.1, Paris 2024, pp. 48-49.
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Germaine Richier, Bissière, H.R. Schiess, Vieira da Silva, Raoul Ubac, 1954, p. 10, no. 13 (original plaster cast exhibited).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vieira da Silva, Germaine Richier, 1955, p. 11, no. 38 (another cast exhibited).
Lille, Galerie Marcel Evrard, Germaine Richier, Roger Vieillard, 1955, no. 8 (another cast exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Roubaix, Galerie Marcel Evrard.
Paris, Musée Rodin, Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, 1956, no. 66 (another cast exhibited, installation view illustrated, unpaged.).
Paris, Musée National d’Art moderne, Germaine Richier, 1956, p. 11, no. 29 (another cast exhibited).
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, The Sculptures of Germaine Richier, 1957, no. 9.
Nice, Palais de la Méditerranée, Sculptures de Henri Laurens, Jacques Lipchitz, Germaine Richier, Ossipe Zadkine, 1957-1958.
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Germaine Richier: 1904-1959, 1963, p. 20, no. 48 (another cast exhibited).
Arles, Musée Réattu, Germaine Richier, 1964, no. 26 (another cast exhibited).
Paris, Musée Rodin, Formes Humaines: Troisième Biennale internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, 1968, p. 17, no. 5 (another cast exhibited).
Arles, Musée Réattu, L'olivier et l'art, 1970 (another cast exhibited).
London, Gimpel Fils, Germaine Richier: 1904-1959 Retrospective, 1973, p. 18, no. 11 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p.23).
Tokyo, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Richier, 1973, no. 16 (another cast exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Osaka, Contemporary Sculpture Center.
Cologne, Museen der Stadt, Westkunst, 1981, no. 494 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 424).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le siècle de Kafka, 1984, p. 55 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 54).
Saint-Etienne, Musée d’Art Moderne, L’Art en Europe et les années décisives: 1945-1953, 1987-1988, p. 318 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 90).
Humlebaeck, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Germaine Richier, 1988, p. 33, no. 17 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 22).
Saint-Etienne, Musée d’Art moderne, L’Ecriture Griffée, 1990-1991, pp. 166 and 212, no. 205 (another cast exhibited, installation view illustrated, p. 6 and illustrated, p. 171).
Paris, Galerie Odermatt, Hommage à Germaine Richier, 1992, pp. 42 and 78 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 43).
Paris, Musée de La Poste, Olivier Debré. 50 tableaux pour un timbre. Découverte d'une autre édition artistique de la Poste: Germaine Richier, Timbre Europa 1993, 1993 (another cast exhibited).
London, Tate Gallery, Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism, 1945-1955, 1993, pp. 161 and 226, no. 101 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 169).
San Sebastien, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturenea, Les formes de l'abîme : le corps et sa représentation extrême en France, 1930-1960, 1994-1995 (another cast exhibited)
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier Rétrospective, 1996, pp. 106 and 205, no. 45 (another cast exhibited and illustrated on the front cover and illustrated pp. 104-105).
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Germaine Richier, 1997, pp. 37, 41, 44, 61 and 192 no. 49 (another cast exhibited, studio view with original plaster cast illustrated, pp. 36 and 158-159; installation view with original plaster cast at Basel, Kunsthalle illustrated, p. 42; installation view of another from the edition at Zurich, Kunsthaus illustrated, p. 42 and another cast illustrated, p. 60)
Luxembourg, MUDAM - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, L'Ecole de Paris 1945-1964, 1998-1999, pp. 114 and 299 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 115).
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, The Nasher Sculpture Garden at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 1999 (another cast exhibited).
Luxembourg, Grand-Duché du Luxembourg, Hommage à Germaine Richier, 2001, p. 51 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 52).
Modena, Foro Boario, Da Modigliani al contemporaneo - Scultura dalle collezioni Guggenheim, 2003-2004 (another cast exhibited).
Linz, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Paris 1945-1965. Metropole der Kunst. Jahrzehnte des Aufbruchs. Malerei - Plastik - Grafik - Fotografie, 2003-2004, p. 242 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 243).
Durham, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, The Evolution of the Nasher Collection, 2005-2006 (another cast exhibited).
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Richier, 2006-2007, p. 47 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 107; studio view with original plaster cast illustrated, p. 106).
Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Picasso, Matisse, Dubuffet, Bacon... Les modernes s'exposent au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2009-2010 (another cast exhibited).
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Before the Law - Post-War Sculpture and Spaces of Contemporary Art, 2011-2012, pp. 22 and 128 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 129 and installation view of another cast illustrated in colour, p. 130).
New York, Dominique Lévy Gallery and Galerie Perrotin, Germaine Richier - Sculptures 1934-1959, 2013 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 73 and studio view illustrated, p. 72).
Berne, Kunstmuseum Bern, Germaine Richier Rétrospective, 2013 –2014, p. 178, no. 53 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 109). This exhibition later travelled to Mannheim, Kunsthalle Mannheim.
Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Giacometti, Marini, Richier: La figure tourmentée, 2014, pp. 14, 43, 44, 117-118, 124 and 147 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 45 and 116; studio view of original plaster cast illustrated, p. 120 and installation view at Zurich, Kunsthaus illustrated, p. 121).
Vienna, MUMOK, Prospective Poison: On the Femenist Appropriation of the Austrian Unconscious, 2015-2016 (another cast exhibited).
Arles, Musée Réattu, 150 Ans D’Art Au Réattu, 2018 (another cast exhibited).
Paris, Musée Bourdelle, Transmission – Transgression, 2018-2019, p. 196, no. 149 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 192).
Antibes, Musée Picasso, Germaine Richier. La magicienne, 2019, pp. 94 and 137 no 95 (another cast exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 95).
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, L'homme qui marche, 2019-2020 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 71, 156 and 237).
Vienna, MUMOK, Enjoy – the mumok Collection in Change, 2021-2022 (another cast exhibited).
Paris, Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Germain Richier, 2023, pp. 26, 31, 61, 164, 285 (another cast exhibited, studio view with original plaster cast illustrated, p. 162; installation view with original plaster cast at Basel, Kunsthalle illustrated, p. 162; illustrated, p. 163). This exhibition later travelled to Montpellier, Musée Fabre.
Marseille, Friche de l'escalette, Germaine Richier la Méditerranéenne, 2024, p. 43 (installation view of another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 42, 44-45 and another from the edition illustrated, p 86)
Landerneau, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc, Animal!? An Exhibition of Masterpieces, 2025, p. 243 (another cast exhibited and illustrated, p. 242).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vieira da Silva, Germaine Richier, 1955, p. 11, no. 38 (another cast exhibited).
Lille, Galerie Marcel Evrard, Germaine Richier, Roger Vieillard, 1955, no. 8 (another cast exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Roubaix, Galerie Marcel Evrard.
Paris, Musée Rodin, Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, 1956, no. 66 (another cast exhibited, installation view illustrated, unpaged.).
Paris, Musée National d’Art moderne, Germaine Richier, 1956, p. 11, no. 29 (another cast exhibited).
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, The Sculptures of Germaine Richier, 1957, no. 9.
Nice, Palais de la Méditerranée, Sculptures de Henri Laurens, Jacques Lipchitz, Germaine Richier, Ossipe Zadkine, 1957-1958.
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Germaine Richier: 1904-1959, 1963, p. 20, no. 48 (another cast exhibited).
Arles, Musée Réattu, Germaine Richier, 1964, no. 26 (another cast exhibited).
Paris, Musée Rodin, Formes Humaines: Troisième Biennale internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, 1968, p. 17, no. 5 (another cast exhibited).
Arles, Musée Réattu, L'olivier et l'art, 1970 (another cast exhibited).
London, Gimpel Fils, Germaine Richier: 1904-1959 Retrospective, 1973, p. 18, no. 11 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p.23).
Tokyo, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Richier, 1973, no. 16 (another cast exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Osaka, Contemporary Sculpture Center.
Cologne, Museen der Stadt, Westkunst, 1981, no. 494 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 424).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le siècle de Kafka, 1984, p. 55 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 54).
Saint-Etienne, Musée d’Art Moderne, L’Art en Europe et les années décisives: 1945-1953, 1987-1988, p. 318 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 90).
Humlebaeck, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Germaine Richier, 1988, p. 33, no. 17 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 22).
Saint-Etienne, Musée d’Art moderne, L’Ecriture Griffée, 1990-1991, pp. 166 and 212, no. 205 (another cast exhibited, installation view illustrated, p. 6 and illustrated, p. 171).
Paris, Galerie Odermatt, Hommage à Germaine Richier, 1992, pp. 42 and 78 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 43).
Paris, Musée de La Poste, Olivier Debré. 50 tableaux pour un timbre. Découverte d'une autre édition artistique de la Poste: Germaine Richier, Timbre Europa 1993, 1993 (another cast exhibited).
London, Tate Gallery, Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism, 1945-1955, 1993, pp. 161 and 226, no. 101 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 169).
San Sebastien, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturenea, Les formes de l'abîme : le corps et sa représentation extrême en France, 1930-1960, 1994-1995 (another cast exhibited)
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Germaine Richier Rétrospective, 1996, pp. 106 and 205, no. 45 (another cast exhibited and illustrated on the front cover and illustrated pp. 104-105).
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Germaine Richier, 1997, pp. 37, 41, 44, 61 and 192 no. 49 (another cast exhibited, studio view with original plaster cast illustrated, pp. 36 and 158-159; installation view with original plaster cast at Basel, Kunsthalle illustrated, p. 42; installation view of another from the edition at Zurich, Kunsthaus illustrated, p. 42 and another cast illustrated, p. 60)
Luxembourg, MUDAM - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, L'Ecole de Paris 1945-1964, 1998-1999, pp. 114 and 299 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 115).
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, The Nasher Sculpture Garden at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 1999 (another cast exhibited).
Luxembourg, Grand-Duché du Luxembourg, Hommage à Germaine Richier, 2001, p. 51 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 52).
Modena, Foro Boario, Da Modigliani al contemporaneo - Scultura dalle collezioni Guggenheim, 2003-2004 (another cast exhibited).
Linz, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Paris 1945-1965. Metropole der Kunst. Jahrzehnte des Aufbruchs. Malerei - Plastik - Grafik - Fotografie, 2003-2004, p. 242 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 243).
Durham, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, The Evolution of the Nasher Collection, 2005-2006 (another cast exhibited).
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Richier, 2006-2007, p. 47 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 107; studio view with original plaster cast illustrated, p. 106).
Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Picasso, Matisse, Dubuffet, Bacon... Les modernes s'exposent au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2009-2010 (another cast exhibited).
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Before the Law - Post-War Sculpture and Spaces of Contemporary Art, 2011-2012, pp. 22 and 128 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 129 and installation view of another cast illustrated in colour, p. 130).
New York, Dominique Lévy Gallery and Galerie Perrotin, Germaine Richier - Sculptures 1934-1959, 2013 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 73 and studio view illustrated, p. 72).
Berne, Kunstmuseum Bern, Germaine Richier Rétrospective, 2013 –2014, p. 178, no. 53 (another cast exhibited, illustrated, p. 109). This exhibition later travelled to Mannheim, Kunsthalle Mannheim.
Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Giacometti, Marini, Richier: La figure tourmentée, 2014, pp. 14, 43, 44, 117-118, 124 and 147 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 45 and 116; studio view of original plaster cast illustrated, p. 120 and installation view at Zurich, Kunsthaus illustrated, p. 121).
Vienna, MUMOK, Prospective Poison: On the Femenist Appropriation of the Austrian Unconscious, 2015-2016 (another cast exhibited).
Arles, Musée Réattu, 150 Ans D’Art Au Réattu, 2018 (another cast exhibited).
Paris, Musée Bourdelle, Transmission – Transgression, 2018-2019, p. 196, no. 149 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 192).
Antibes, Musée Picasso, Germaine Richier. La magicienne, 2019, pp. 94 and 137 no 95 (another cast exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 95).
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, L'homme qui marche, 2019-2020 (another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 71, 156 and 237).
Vienna, MUMOK, Enjoy – the mumok Collection in Change, 2021-2022 (another cast exhibited).
Paris, Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Germain Richier, 2023, pp. 26, 31, 61, 164, 285 (another cast exhibited, studio view with original plaster cast illustrated, p. 162; installation view with original plaster cast at Basel, Kunsthalle illustrated, p. 162; illustrated, p. 163). This exhibition later travelled to Montpellier, Musée Fabre.
Marseille, Friche de l'escalette, Germaine Richier la Méditerranéenne, 2024, p. 43 (installation view of another cast exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 42, 44-45 and another from the edition illustrated, p 86)
Landerneau, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc, Animal!? An Exhibition of Masterpieces, 2025, p. 243 (another cast exhibited and illustrated, p. 242).
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