Artist Monograph

Germaine Richier, French

French, 1904–1959

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	2	33.3%
Etching	2	33.3%
Lithography	1	16.7%
Other Media	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	3	50%
Painting & Sculpture	2	33.3%
Architecture & Design	1	16.7%

Classification Types

Sculpture — 2
Print — 2
Design — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	20%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	80%

Range: 17.5 cm → 85.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1951	1
1952	1
1956	1
1957	1
1959	1
1986	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 401" — 1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Bat (Chauve-Sourris) Print Acc. 334.1986	c. 1946	Etching and aquatint	plate 15 3/16 x 21 3/16" (38.6 x 53.8 cm) sheet 19 11/16 x 25 13/16" (50 x 65.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman
Galerie Maeght, Richier, Sculptures Design Acc. 167.1952	1948	Lithograph	22 3/4 x 15" (57.6 x 38.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Galerie Maeght
Line of the Head, plate 10 (page 91) from À la gloire de la main Illustrated Book Acc. 269.1951.10	Paris, (privately published), 1949.	Etching and soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 6 7/8 x 5 1/8" (17.5 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
The Devil with Claws Sculpture Acc. 18.1957	1952	Bronze on stone base	34 1/2 x 37 1/4 x 24 3/4" (87.5 x 94.5 x 62.9 cm) on stone base 31 x 33 5/8 x 19 3/8" (78.7 x 85.3 x 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Wildenstein Foundation Fund
Hydra (L'Hydre) Print Acc. 76.1959	1954–55	Aquatint	composition: 21 3/16 × 15 3/16" (53.8 × 38.5 cm); sheet: 25 1/2 × 19 3/4" (64.7 × 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel
Sculpture with Background Sculpture Acc. 293.1956.a-b	1955-56	Gilded bronze	Figure 8 3/4" (22.2 cm) high, background 9 1/4 x 14 34 x 4 5/8" (23.5 x 37.3 x 11.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund