Germaine RICHIER (1902-1959)
The Grasshopper, medium, 1945
Bronze proof with a dark brown patina, signed and justified HC3 and bearing the stamp of the founder Claude Valsuani on the back of the terrace
The original edition of this work includes 12 proofs justified from 1/8 to 8/8 and HC1, HC2, HC3, EA
H. 54 cm - W. 63 cm - D. 44 cm
Slight traces of oxidation
Exhibitions (our example) :
Japan, Tokyo, Contemporary Sculpture Center and Osaka, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Richier Exhibition, September 6 to September 18, 1976 and October 1 to October 16, 1976, n°7
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 5 April-25 June 1996, Germaine Richier, Retrospective, n°15
Bibliography (our copy):
Collective, Catalogue des expositions Richier, Japon, Tokyo et Osaka, 1976, Contemporary Sculpture Center, 1976, reproduced on page 13 and described on page 49 with the justification number (unpaginated copy)
Jean-Louis Prat and Françoise Guiter, Catalogue de l'exposition Germaine Richier, Rétrospective, Fondation Maeght, 5 avril-25 juin 1996, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 1996, reproduced and described under n° 15, pages 46 and 47
The Sauterelles are among Germaine Richier's most emblematic creations, with the artist producing three different versions. La Sauterelle, petite (1944), La Sauterelle, moyenne (1945) and La Sauterelle grande (1955-1956) offer astonishing variations on the strangeness of this hybrid being, woman and animal, and impose a remarkable questioning of form and balance through a game of construction in juxtaposed squares, favouring the ambiguity of a work that is both frozen and in motion, ready to leap.
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