MODERN SCULPTURE COLLECTION

GERMAINE RICHIER
[1902-59]

GERMAINE RICHIER

The Bat [Vampire]
[Chauve Souris]
1955
bronze
3/8
Thinot foundry stamp
signed
15 cm high
Provenance:
Private collection, Paris, c. 1960;
by descent to granddaughter;
Christies, Paris, 9 Dec. 2011, lot 103
[examined and authenticated
by Ms F Guiter during the viewing]

GERMAINE RICHIER

Woman 4
[Femme-coq 4]
1954
bronze
1/8
Valsuani foundry stamp
signed
22.5 cm high
[including base 27 cm high]
Provenance: The artist;
Ned L Pines [1905-90], New York, collection - publisher who lived in Paris and New York; Maxine Pines;
Sothebys, New York, 2017

GERMAINE RICHIER

Warrior no. 14
[Guerrier no. 14]
1956
bronze
6/8
Thinot foundry stamp
22 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
Francoise Guiter [the artist's niece and main expert on her art];
Sothebys, Paris, 26 March 2014
lot 203
[the above provenance was confirmed by Ms F Guiter on
13 May 2014]

GERMAINE RICHIER

Woman [Gabrielle] 3
[Femme-coq no. 3]
1954
bronze
edition of 8
Valsuani foundry stamp
[artist's cast]
19.5 cm high
Provenance: Gimpel Fils Gallery;
Private collection;
Christies, Paris, 10 June 2016
lot 207 a
[authenticity confirmed by Francoise Guiter]

Germaine Richier was born in France and studied at the Montpelier School of Art and under Bourdelle.
She is my favourite female artist and one of the greatest sculptors of all time.
A major retrospective exhibition was held in Paris at the Pompidou Centre in 2023,
There are several books on her work and a catalogue raisonne of the earlier sculpture was published in 2023.
Public collections include the Tate Gallery and Museum of Modern Art [New York].