Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Eternal Style: A Private American Collection
Aristide Maillol
Vénus sans bras
Auction Closed
May 18, 01:03 AM GMT
Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Eternal Style: A Private American Collection
Aristide Maillol
1861 - 1944
Vénus sans bras
Inscribed with the monogram M, numbered 4/6 and inscribed with the foundry mark .Alexis Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.
bronze
Height: 68 ¾ in. 174.5 cm.
Conceived in 1920; this example cast at a later date.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Olivier Lorquin.
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風華不朽：美國私人收藏
阿里斯蒂・麥約
1861 - 1944年
《斷臂維納斯》
款識：藝術家銘刻姓名縮寫M、標記4/6並蓋鑄造廠章.Alexis Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.
青銅
高：68 ¾ 英寸；174.5 公分
1920年構思；此作為後來鑄造
奧利維耶・洛爾坎已為此作提供認證。
(possibly) Mme Gerard, Paris
Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris
Harold Diamond, Inc., New York (acquired from the above on 29 October 1975)
Acquired from the above on 1 December 1975 by the present owner
Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris
Harold Diamond, Inc., New York (acquired from the above on 29 October 1975)
Acquired from the above on 1 December 1975 by the present owner
Christian Zervos, “Aristide Maillol. Hommage à Maillol,” L’Art d’aujourd’hui, Paris, 1925, plaster illustrated pls. XXXI-XXXIII
Maurice Denis, A. Maillol, Paris, 1925, p. 27, plaster illustrated
Albert Dreyfus, “Ein Besuch bei Maillol,” Kunst und Künstler, Berlin, 1926, p. 86, illustration of the plaster in the artist’s studio
Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand Palais, Le Salon d’Automne, 1928, illustration of the plaster
Judith Cladel, Maillol: Sa vie—Son oeuvre—Ses idées, Paris, 1937, p. 112, plaster mentioned; pl. 43, illustration of another cast
John Rewald, Maillol, London, Paris and New York, 1939, pp. 62-66, illustrations of other versions; p. 64, illustration of the plaster
Hermann Bünemann, “Venus im Werk Maillols,” Die Kunst und das schöne Heim, Munich, May 1949, pp. 57, 59 and on the cover, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Aristide Maillol, 1949, n.p., illustration of the plaster in the artist’s studio; pl. 84, illustration of another cast
Maillol: Collection des Maîtres, Paris, 1950, illustration of the plaster in the artist’s studio on the cover
Josef Adolf Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, Der Torso als Symbol und Form; zur Geschichte des Torso-Motivs im Werk Rodins. Baden-Baden, 1954, p. 73, n.p., illustration of another cast
Henri Frère, Conservation de Maillol, Geneva, 1956, pp. 280 and 311
Exh. Cat., New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co. (and traveling), An Exhibition of Original Pieces of Sculpture by Aristide Maillol 1861-1944, 1958, p. 36, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Hommage à Aristide Maillol, 1961, n.p., illustration of another cast
George Waldemar and Dina Vierny, Aristide Maillol, Greenwich, 1965, p. 125, illustration of the plaster in the artist’s studio; p. 187, detail of another cast illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Aristide Maillol: 1861-1944, 1975, p. 76, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Perpignan, Palais des Rois de Majorque , Maillol au Palais des Rois de Majorque, 1979, p. 121, illustration of another cast
Bertrand Lorquin, Maillol aux Tuileries, Paris, 1991, n.p., illustration of another cast
Ursula Heidrich, Katalog der Skulpturen in der Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, 1993, p. 319, illustration of another cast
Bertrand Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, Geneva, 1994, pp. 108-09, other versions illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Georg-Kolbe Museum (and traveling), Aristide Maillol, Paris, 1996-97, p. 170, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Perpignan, Palais des Congrès, Aristide Maillol, 2000, p. 25, illustration in color of another cast
Bertrand Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, Milan, 2002, pp. 108-09, other versions illustrated
Exh. Cat., Valencìa, Institut Valencìa Art Modern, Aristide Maillol, 2002, illustration in color of another cast
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée Maillol, Le Musée Maillol s’expose, 2008, n.p., illustration of another cast
Maurice Denis, A. Maillol, Paris, 1925, p. 27, plaster illustrated
Albert Dreyfus, “Ein Besuch bei Maillol,” Kunst und Künstler, Berlin, 1926, p. 86, illustration of the plaster in the artist’s studio
Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand Palais, Le Salon d’Automne, 1928, illustration of the plaster
Judith Cladel, Maillol: Sa vie—Son oeuvre—Ses idées, Paris, 1937, p. 112, plaster mentioned; pl. 43, illustration of another cast
John Rewald, Maillol, London, Paris and New York, 1939, pp. 62-66, illustrations of other versions; p. 64, illustration of the plaster
Hermann Bünemann, “Venus im Werk Maillols,” Die Kunst und das schöne Heim, Munich, May 1949, pp. 57, 59 and on the cover, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Aristide Maillol, 1949, n.p., illustration of the plaster in the artist’s studio; pl. 84, illustration of another cast
Maillol: Collection des Maîtres, Paris, 1950, illustration of the plaster in the artist’s studio on the cover
Josef Adolf Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, Der Torso als Symbol und Form; zur Geschichte des Torso-Motivs im Werk Rodins. Baden-Baden, 1954, p. 73, n.p., illustration of another cast
Henri Frère, Conservation de Maillol, Geneva, 1956, pp. 280 and 311
Exh. Cat., New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co. (and traveling), An Exhibition of Original Pieces of Sculpture by Aristide Maillol 1861-1944, 1958, p. 36, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Hommage à Aristide Maillol, 1961, n.p., illustration of another cast
George Waldemar and Dina Vierny, Aristide Maillol, Greenwich, 1965, p. 125, illustration of the plaster in the artist’s studio; p. 187, detail of another cast illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Aristide Maillol: 1861-1944, 1975, p. 76, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Perpignan, Palais des Rois de Majorque , Maillol au Palais des Rois de Majorque, 1979, p. 121, illustration of another cast
Bertrand Lorquin, Maillol aux Tuileries, Paris, 1991, n.p., illustration of another cast
Ursula Heidrich, Katalog der Skulpturen in der Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, 1993, p. 319, illustration of another cast
Bertrand Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, Geneva, 1994, pp. 108-09, other versions illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Georg-Kolbe Museum (and traveling), Aristide Maillol, Paris, 1996-97, p. 170, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Perpignan, Palais des Congrès, Aristide Maillol, 2000, p. 25, illustration in color of another cast
Bertrand Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, Milan, 2002, pp. 108-09, other versions illustrated
Exh. Cat., Valencìa, Institut Valencìa Art Modern, Aristide Maillol, 2002, illustration in color of another cast
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée Maillol, Le Musée Maillol s’expose, 2008, n.p., illustration of another cast