Germaine Richier : Vie Et Oeuvre - Life And Work. Catalogue Raisonné Vol. I

Germaine Richier (1902-1959) is a leading figure in modern sculpture. She was the first woman to be exhibited at the Musée d'Art Moderne in 1956, and her works can now be found in some of the world's greatest museums, including the Centre Pompidou, MoMA and the Tate Gallery.

She was the last private student of Bourdelle, her master and friend, and a friend of Giacometti and Brassaï. Her career was centred on a constant search for human representation, with a fantasy all her own, and she invented new images of men and women. Her original and singular creations, her 'hybrid beings', her characters, both tiny and large, and the introduction of colour into her sculpture at the end of her life, which was brutally interrupted, have yet to be discovered.

After a presentation of the sculptor's various techniques, this catalogue raisonné of Germaine Richier's sculptures lists all the works she created between 1916 and 1946. Each work is accompanied by a detailed description. The book also looks at the conservation and protection of the sculptures and the dissemination of the artist's art.