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Artists›Germaine Richier

Germaine Richier

Germaine Richier

1904⚠

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SculptureFiguration

Representation

None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

26

Works in Collection

34

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ435149

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

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Posters by Painters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

No image

Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

No image

New Images of Man

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957–1958

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Recent European Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956–1957

No image

The New Decade: 22 European Painters and Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

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Posters by Painters and Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

Field Verification (4 fields)

0 cross-verified · 4 single-source

BiographyGallery Generic + Ai Generated· 72%
Birth yearArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Perrotin· 80%

Source Registry (4)

Perrotinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/germaine-richier
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/germaine-richier
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4905
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Germaine Richier yet.

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Movement

Figuration

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (26)

Chessboard, Large Version (Original Painted Plaster)

Chessboard, Large Version (Original Painted Plaster)

1959 · Plaster and metal

The Hurricane

1955 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 388 x 290 mm

Sculpture with Background

Sculpture with Background

1955 · 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)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1954 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 352 x 272 mm

The Hydra

1954 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 367 x 287 mm

Man of the Night

Man of the Night

73 × 82.5 × 31.1 cm (28 3/4 × 32 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hydra

77.5 × 33 × 33 cm (30 1/2 × 13 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hydra (L'Hydre)

Hydra (L'Hydre)

1954 · 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)

Museum of Modern Art

Water

object: 1441 x 640 x 983 mm

The Devil with Claws

The Devil with Claws

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Diabolo

unconfirmed: 1675 x 740 x 930 mm

Line of the Head, plate 10 (page 91) from À la gloire de la main

1949 · Etching and soft ground etching, printed in black

plate 6 7/8 x 5 1/8" (17.5 x 13 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hurricane Woman

Hurricane Woman

Bat

1948 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 385 x 536 mm

Beetles

1948 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 248 x 198 mm

Portrait

1948 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 248 x 198 mm

Untitled

1948 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 386 x 290 mm

Insects

1948 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 366 x 288 mm

Self-Portrait

1948 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 248 x 200 mm

Personage

1948 · Etching on paper

image: 250 x 176 mm

Galerie Maeght, Richier, Sculptures

Galerie Maeght, Richier, Sculptures

1948 · Lithograph

22 3/4 x 15" (57.6 x 38.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Storm Man

Bat (Chauve-Sourris)

1946 · Etching and aquatint

plate 15 3/16 x 21 3/16" (38.6 x 53.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nude Female Torso (recto); Untitled (Draped Head) (verso)

Nude Female Torso (recto); Untitled (Draped Head) (verso)

1924 · Graphite and charcoal, with stumping and erasing (recto) and charcoal off-set (verso) on cream wove paper

32.4 × 25.1 cm (12 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

26 published of 32 catalogued · 28 with image

Tate
15 published15 img
MoMA
6 publishedof 12 catalogued9 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Chessboard, Large Version (Original Painted Plaster)
1959 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Water
1953 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Storm Man
1947 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Diabolo
1950 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Personage
1948 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Hurricane Woman
1948 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1948 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Self-Portrait
1948 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Hydra
1954 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Hurricane
1955 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Germaine Richier (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

64

Peers & Context56

Salvador Dalíco-exhibited Alison Knowlesco-exhibited Jordan Wolfsonco-exhibited Varvara Stepanovaco-exhibited André Bretonco-exhibitedHeinrich Hoerleco-exhibited

Movements1

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Tate New Museum Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

In collection

New Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

New Museum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

20 lots · 2019–2026

Network

Related Artists

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

Varvara Stepanova

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

Market

Auction History

Range: $15,120 – $2,110,000

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
L'Hydre	Christie's	Apr 2026	€150,000 – €200,000	€304,800
Le Griffu (The Clawed One)	Christie's	Mar 2026	£200,000 – £300,000	£406,400
L'Orage (The Storm)	Christie's	Mar 2026	£250,000 – £350,000	£304,800
L'Ouragane (The Hurricane)	Christie's	Mar 2026	£250,000 – £350,000	£254,000
L'Aigle	Christie's	Sep 2025	€40,000 – €60,000	Unsold
Femme-coq No. 4	Christie's	May 2025	€15,000 – €20,000	€15,120
Lucette ou Le Cirque	Christie's	Apr 2025	€100,000 – €150,000	€94,500
L'Epi	Christie's	Apr 2025	€50,000 – €70,000	€81,900
Homme de la nuit n°3	Christie's	Jun 2024	€15,000 – €25,000	Unsold
L'Homme qui marche	Christie's	Jun 2024	€80,000 – €120,000	Unsold

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