Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM THE JOHN C. WHITEHEAD COLLECTION
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Petite baigneuse à la draperie
Details
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Petite baigneuse à la draperie
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); numbered and inscribed with foundry mark ‘6/6 .Alexis Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.’ (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast in the artist's lifetime
Petite baigneuse à la draperie
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); numbered and inscribed with foundry mark ‘6/6 .Alexis Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.’ (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast in the artist's lifetime
Provenance
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (1952).
Private collection, New York.
Sandra C. Kasper, New York.
Acquired from the above by Achim Moeller Fine Art on behalf of John C. Whitehead, 1985.
Private collection, New York.
Sandra C. Kasper, New York.
Acquired from the above by Achim Moeller Fine Art on behalf of John C. Whitehead, 1985.
Literature
P. Camo, Aristide Maillol, Paris, 1926, p. 45 (another cast illustrated; titled Jeune fille).
J. Rewald, Maillol, Paris, 1939, p. 167 (another cast illustrated, pl. 137).
W. George, Aristide Maillol, London, 1965, p. 233 (another cast illustrated, pl. 173).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 170 (another cast illustrated, p. 173).
Achim Moeller Fine Art, ed., The John C. Whitehead Collection, A Collection in Progress, Late XIX and Early XX Century French Masters, New York, 1987, p. 60 (illustrated in color, p. 61).
J. Rewald, Maillol, Paris, 1939, p. 167 (another cast illustrated, pl. 137).
W. George, Aristide Maillol, London, 1965, p. 233 (another cast illustrated, pl. 173).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 170 (another cast illustrated, p. 173).
Achim Moeller Fine Art, ed., The John C. Whitehead Collection, A Collection in Progress, Late XIX and Early XX Century French Masters, New York, 1987, p. 60 (illustrated in color, p. 61).
Exhibited
The Montclair Art Museum, Late XIX and Early XX Century French Masters, The John C. Whitehead Collection, April-June 1989, p. 31, no. 44.
New York, Achim Moeller Fine Art, The Whitehead Collection, Late 19th and 20th Century French Masters, A Collection in Progress, April-May 1997, p. 118, no. 72 (illustrated in color, p. 119).
New York, Achim Moeller Fine Art, The Whitehead Collection, Late 19th and 20th Century French Masters, A Collection in Progress, April-May 1997, p. 118, no. 72 (illustrated in color, p. 119).
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