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Grand cheval … six tˆtes inscribed with the signature and numbered 'G. Richier HC 2' (on the base) bronze with a black patina 391/4in. (100cm.) high Conceived in 1954-1956, and executed in a numbered edition of 5 plus 6 further casts marked HC1, HC2, HC3, EA, 0/5, 00/5. PROVENANCE Alex Maguy, Paris. Thence by descent to the present owner. LITERATURE Exh. cat., Paris, Mus‚e National d'Art Moderne, Germaine Richier, October-December 1956, no. 39 (another cast illustrated). Exh. cat., New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, The Sculptures of Germaine Richier, November-December 1957, no. 21 (another cast illustrated). Exh. cat., Zurich, Kunsthaus, Germaine Richier, June-July 1963, no. 56 (another cast illustrated). E. Crispolti, I maestri della scultura, 1968, pp. 50-52, no. 65 (another cast illustrated).
