Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Jeune fille au chignon pointu
signed with monogram and numbered '3/6' (on the top of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1900
Provenance
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo. Acquired from the above by the present owner, August 1988.
Literature
M. Denis, A. Maillol, Paris, 1925, p. 10 (another cast illustrated, pl. 18). J. Rewald, Maillol, New York, 1939, p. 166 (another cast illustrated, pl. 100; titled Girl Crouching and dated circa 1905). W. George, Aristide Maillol, Paris, 1971, p. 44 (another cast illustrated).