Lot Essay
Dina Vierny has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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La nuit
Details
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
La nuit
signed with monogram and numbered 'No 3' (on the bottom of the feet)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1909; this bronze version cast during the artist's lifetime
La nuit
signed with monogram and numbered 'No 3' (on the bottom of the feet)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1909; this bronze version cast during the artist's lifetime
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 17 November 1983, lot 119.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale). Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale). Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989.
Literature
J. Rewald, Maillol, New York, 1939, p. 165 (another cast illustrated, pl. 56).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 245 (large bronze version illustrated, p. 130).
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, London, 1995, p. 197 (another cast illustrated, p. 66).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 245 (large bronze version illustrated, p. 130).
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, London, 1995, p. 197 (another cast illustrated, p. 66).