Lot 19
  • 19

Aristide Maillol

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Aristide Maillol
  • Étude pour 'La Montagne'
  • inscribed with the artist's monogram, inscribed Epreuve de l'artiste and inscribed with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris
  • bronze
  • height: 10 1/2  in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France (acquired in the 1980s)

Literature

Waldemar George, Aristide Maillol, London, 1965, n.n., illustration of the terracotta version p. 200
Aristide Maillol: 1861 - 1944 (exhibition catalogue),
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1975, no. 98, illustration of another cast and of the lead version pp. 90-91
Maillol
(exhibition catalogue), La Pedrera, Barcelona, 2009-2010, n.n., colour illustration of another cast p. 220; illustration of the plaster version p. 225; illustration of the monumental version pp. 4 & 13
Bertrand Lorquin, Maillol, London, 2002, n.n., illustration of the lead version p. 136

Condition

Attractive green patina. Apart from some dust in the crevices, this work is in very good original condition.
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