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Storm Man & Hurricane Woman
Germaine Richier, 1947–1949
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2007
Richier's revolutionary absence of pose in L'Orage (Storm Man) and L'Ouragane (Hurricane Woman), combined with the figures' rough surfaces and disfigured appearances, speak of human suffering and survival. Although they were not originally conceived as a pair L'Ouragane was made as a response to L'Orage. They were, in Richier's view, interdependent works and they are almost always exhibited as a pair.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Storm Man & Hurricane Woman, 1947–1949
Date supported
1995
Medium and material
Bronze
Dimensions
1) 190.5 x 57.5 cm; 2) 179.5 x 47 cm
Grant
30000
Total cost
516796
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