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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Germaine Richier

Germaine Richier

Richier, Germaine
Guiter, Sophie
Guiter, Françoise

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General ArtIndividual ArtistsSculpture & Installation

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ISBN10: 8836652808
ISBN13: 9788836652808
Publisher: Silvana Editoriale
Published: May 27 2025
Pages: 664
Weight: 9.55
Height: 2.60 Width: 9.90 Depth: 12.50
Language: English

Richier's fantastical, anthropomorphic sculptures receive their first comprehensive publication

Germaine Richier (1902-59), the first woman to have an exhibition of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, is a remarkable figure in the world of modern sculpture, and whose works are present in the world's most prestigious museums, including the Centre Pompidou, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Tate Modern. Her powerful and visionary art stands out in its constant search for an authentic representation of mankind: likening it to the work of her friend Alberto Giacometti. World War II had a shattering impact on the artistic and intellectual world of the Montparnasse of the 1920s and '30s. Richier spent the war years far from her family, in the native Switzerland of her husband, sculptor Otto Charles Bänninger. This painful exile would be one of the crucial turning points in the transformation of her art.

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