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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 in October 1975)
Acquired from the above in December 1975 by the present owner
Christian Zervos, “Aristide Maillol. Hommage à Maillol,” L’Art d’aujourd’hui, Paris 1925, pls. XXXI-XXXIII, illustration of the plaster version
Maurice Denis, A. Maillol, Paris 1925, p. 27, illustration of the plaster version
Albert Dreyfus, “Ein Besuch bei Maillol,” Kunst und Künstler, Berlin 1926, p. 86, illustration of the plaster version in the artist’s studio
Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand Palais, Le Salon d’Automne, 1928, illustration of the plaster version
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 version
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, 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 and p. 187, illustration of another cast in color (detail) 
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, illustrations of other versions in color
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Georg-Kolbe Museum (and traveling), Aristide Maillol, Paris 1996-1997, p. 170, illustrations of another cast
Exh. Cat., Perpignan, Palais des Congrès, Aristide Maillol, 2000, p. 25, illustration of another cast in color
Bertrand Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, Milan, 2002, pp. 108-09, illustrations of other versions 
Exh. Cat., Valencìa, Institut Valencìa Art Modern, Aristide Maillol, 2002, illustration of another cast in color
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée Maillol, Le Musée Maillol s’expose, 2008, n.p., illustration of another cast