Lot 15
  • 15

Aristide Maillol

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Aristide Maillol
  • Étude pour le monument à Cézanne
  • Inscribed with the artist's monogram
  • Terracotta
  • Length: 11 7/8 in.; 30.1 cm
  • Conceived circa 1912.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s

Literature

John Rewald, Maillol, London, 1939, illustration of another cast p. 142 (titled Girl Reclining)
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) (exhibition catalogue), Perls Galleries, New York, 1970, illustration of a bronze cast p. 31
Maillol au Palais des Rois de Majorque (exhibition catalogue), Musée Hyacinthe Rigaud, Perpignan, 1979, illustration of a bronze cast p. 100
Aristide Maillol (exhibition catalogue), Palais des Congrès, Perpignan, 2000, illustration of another cast p. 106; illustration of a bronze cast p. 110

Condition

Terracotta. The work is stable. The surface is slightly dirty. There is one very minor nick to the extreme bottom edge of the base and a few other pindot surface nicks throughout. This work is in very good condition.
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