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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations 

Aristide Maillol

Les Deux lutteuses

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May 17, 10:38 PM GMT

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20,000 - 30,000 USD

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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations 

Aristide Maillol

1861 - 1944


Les Deux lutteuses

inscribed with the artist's monogram

terracotta

height: 7⅛ in.

18 cm.

Conceived in 1900.


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Olivier Lorquin.

Albert Sarraut, Paris
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York
William S. Paley, New York (acquired from the above in 1957)
Acquired by bequest in 1990 by the William S. Paley Foundation
New York, Museum of Modern Art (on loan from 1990)
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Diego Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art and New Orleans Museum of Art, The William S. Paley Collection, 1992-1994, no. 35, p. 74, illustrated
Maurice Denis, Aristide Maillol, Paris 1925, p. 19, illustration of the plaster version
John Rewald, Maillol, Paris 1939, pls. 98-99, illustration of the plaster version
Exh. Cat., Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Aristide Maillol, 1949, p. 69, illustration of the bronze version (dated 1901)
John Rewald, Maillol, Paris 1950, p. 21, illustration of the bronze version
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Hommage à Aristide Maillol, 1961, p. 25, illustration of the bronze version
Waldemar George, Aristide Maillol, Neuchâtel 1965, p. 232, pl. 132, illustration of the bronze version
Exh. Cat., New York, Perls Galleries, Aristide Maillol, 1970, p. 13, illustration of the bronze version
Exh. Cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Aristide Maillol: 1861-1944, 1975, p. 55, illustration of the bronze version
Exh. Cat., Perpignan, Musée Hyacinthe Rigaud, Maillol au Palais des Rois de Majorque, 1979, p. 29, illustration of the bronze version
Bertrand Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, Paris 2002, p. 62, illustration of the bronze version