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Storm Man & Hurricane Woman

Germaine Richier, 1947–1949

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.

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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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