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RICHIER, Germaine

Grans, Bouches-du-Rhône 1902 - Montpellier, Hérault 1959

Cheval à six têtes

Six-Headed Horse

1953?

plaster over string and wire

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 14 x 14 78 x 7 in.

Acc. No.: formerly/autrefois 421.1960

Credit Line: Deaccessioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2012

© Artist : Fair Use (Section 107, Copyright Act 1976)

Provenance

  • 1960, Gift of Mrs. Katharine Kuh to the Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Deaccessioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 2012, May 29, Sold through Sotheby's in Paris

Bibliography

  • 1961 NY MoMA Bulletin
    The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, vol. 28, nos. 2-4, 1961, repr. p. 22
  • 1977 NY MoMA Barr
    Alfred H. Barr, Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, 1929-1967, New York, 1977, ill. p. 294
  • 1977 NY MoMA Legg
    Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, with Selected Works on Paper. Catalogue of the Collection, January 1, 1977, Edited by Alicia Legg, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, p. 80