Spider
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Catalogue
- Year
- 1921
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint
- Dimensions
- plate: 13 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (35.2 x 27.3 cm) sheet: 25 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (65.1 x 50.5 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Germaine Richier
Artist
Sculpture
Best known for her large, roughly modeled sculptures in dark patinated bronze, Germaine Richier was an important figure in the post-World War II avant garde. Her provocative hybrids of human forms crossed with spiders, toads and vegetal elements, ravaged and misshapen, are steeped in a deep fascination with mythology and existential philosophy. Evolving alongside the elongated forms of Alberto Giacometti’s post-Surrealist period, Richier’s oeuvre foreshadows the sculpture of Kiki Smith and Louise Bourgeois.
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Record
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- Germaine Richier
- Year
- 1921
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint
- Dimensions
- plate: 13 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (35.2 x 27.3 cm) sheet: 25 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (65.1 x 50.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1921-008269
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified