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Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Baigneuse debout se coiffant, le coude levé
Details
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Baigneuse debout se coiffant, le coude levé
signed with the artist's monogram and numbered 'M 6/6' (on top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with light brown patina
Height: 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1921 and cast in an edition of six
Baigneuse debout se coiffant, le coude levé
signed with the artist's monogram and numbered 'M 6/6' (on top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with light brown patina
Height: 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1921 and cast in an edition of six
Provenance
Ryuzaburo Umeghara, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1996, lot 328.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Maillol, Paris, 1939, p. 165 (another cast illustrated pl. 77; incorrectly dated 'circa 1903').
Exh. cat., An Exhibition of Original Pieces, of Sculpture by Aristide Maillol, New York, 1958, no. 29 (another cast illustrated p. 33).
Exh. cat., Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, New York, 1975, no. 76, p. 78 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Maillol au Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan, 1979, no. 53, p. 192 (another cast illustrated p. 91; titled Le Coude levé).
Exh. cat., An Exhibition of Original Pieces, of Sculpture by Aristide Maillol, New York, 1958, no. 29 (another cast illustrated p. 33).
Exh. cat., Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, New York, 1975, no. 76, p. 78 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Maillol au Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan, 1979, no. 53, p. 192 (another cast illustrated p. 91; titled Le Coude levé).
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