Spider

n.d.

Not on view

Richier was trained in Montpellier and Paris, and spent the years around World War II in Provence and Switzerland, but it was in postwar Paris that she developed her signature style. Her sculpture and prints remained figurative, though abstracted and haunting in their expressive force. In this dark and textured print, we see some favored motifs from the natural world: spiders, plants, and shells.

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Title: Spider
Artist: Germaine Richier (French, 1904–1959)
Date: n.d.
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)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Object Number: 2007.49.631
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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