Lot Essay
Olivier Lorquin has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Property from an Important Collection
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Nymphe assise
Details
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Nymphe assise
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); numbered and inscribed with foundry mark '6/6 Alexis.Rudier. Fondeur Paris.' (on the side of the base)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.)
Length: 9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1902; this bronze version cast before 1952
Nymphe assise
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); numbered and inscribed with foundry mark '6/6 Alexis.Rudier. Fondeur Paris.' (on the side of the base)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.)
Length: 9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1902; this bronze version cast before 1952
Provenance
Gallery Suzuki, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988.
Literature
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 246 (another cast illustrated, pl. 145; dated 1905).
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, New York, 1995, p. 49 (another cast illustrated; dated 1900).
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, New York, 1995, p. 49 (another cast illustrated; dated 1900).
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