Published on the occasion of an exhibit at Dominique Levy Gallery in New York. Germaine Richier’s sculptures are presented alongside a selection of photographs by her contemporary Brassaï, who documented the artist’s studio and captured the defiant power of her work.

Germaine Richier (16 September 1902 – 21 July 1959) was a French sculptor. Born in Grans, Richier began her studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montpellier, in the atelier of Louis-Jacques Guigues; in 1926 she went to work with Antoine Bourdelle, remaining in his studio until his death in 1929. Richier was interested in a classical approach to sculpture, working from a live model and then reworking the final product.