About the Artwork
Praying Mantis
1947
Germaine Richier
1904-1959
French
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 24 3/8 × 6 1/4 × 15 7/8 inches (61.9 × 15.9 × 40.3 cm) Including base: 31 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 15 7/8 inches (79.4 × 16.5 × 40.3 cm)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Lydia Winston Malbin
77.92
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Markings
Signed, hip at right: G. Richier.
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Marked: 4/8.
Provenance
Henri Creuzevault (Paris, France)
1963, Lydia Winston Malbin
1977-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Cobra and Contrasts: The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, September 25-November 17, 1974, no. 63-64.
Bulletin of the DIA 56, no. 4 (1977): p. 313.
"Family Art Game," Detroit News (April 29, 1984): p. 24 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].
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Germaine Richier, Praying Mantis, 1947, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lydia Winston Malbin, 77.92.
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