Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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La Montagne
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Alternate Title:
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The Mountain
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Image View:
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Overall view on the long side
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Creator:
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Germaine Richier (French sculptor, 1904-1959)
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Location:
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repository: Fondation Maeght (Saint-Paul, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
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Location Note:
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623, chemin des Gardettes
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GPS:
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+43.70059+7.115085
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Date:
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1955-1956 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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bronze
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Technique:
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casting (process)
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Measurements:
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180 cm (height) x 130 cm (width) x 330 cm (length)
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Subjects:
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abstraction; organic
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Description:
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The sculptor, draughtswoman and printmaker Germaine Richier was taught by Antoine Bourdelle in Paris between 1925 and 1929, at the same time as Alberto Giacometti. She started to work on remarkable works interesting to entomologists in 1940. This form of figuration was unique, and going to the boundaries of the fantastic. She produced human insects, an imagined world of a prehistoric universe. An oeuvre of metamorphoses, the sculptures of Germain Richier occupy an important place in the art of the 20th century. (Source: Fondation Maeght [website]; https://www.fondation-maeght.com/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-RICHIER-MF-LM-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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