Lot 393
  • 393

Aristide Maillol

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Aristide Maillol
  • Nu
  • stamped with the artist's monogram (lower right)
  • pastel on paper
  • 39.6 by 23.3cm., 15⅝ by 9⅛in.

Provenance

Madame Wessel, Paris (mistress of the artist's son, Lucien)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down and taped to the overmount at all four corners. The upper, lower and left edges are deckled. There is some intermittent staining along the upper edge coming through from residual previous mounting on the verso. There are a few spots of foxing to the background. The sheet is slightly undulated along the lower edge and to the lower part of the left edge. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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