Lot Essay
Olivier Lorquin has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Femme au crabe
Details
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Femme au crabe
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark ‘.Alexis Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.’ (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1930; this bronze version cast by 1952
Femme au crabe
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark ‘.Alexis Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.’ (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1930; this bronze version cast by 1952
Provenance
A.M. Adler Fine Arts, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, December 1979.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, December 1979.
Literature
J. Rewald, Maillol, Paris, 1939, p. 166 (clay version illustrated, pls. 108-109).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 58.
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, London, 1995, p. 198 (another cast illustrated, p. 102).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 58.
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, London, 1995, p. 198 (another cast illustrated, p. 102).
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