Praying Mantis, 1947

  • Germaine Richier, French, 1904-1959

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)

Gift of Lydia Winston Malbin

77.92

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

Signed, hip at right: G. Richier.

Marked: 4/8.

Henri Creuzevault (Paris, France)

1963, Lydia Winston Malbin

1977-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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].

Germaine Richier, Praying Mantis, 1947, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lydia Winston Malbin, 77.92.