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Femme accroupie se tenant les deux pieds
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Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Femme accroupie se tenant les deux pieds
signed with the monogram and numbered '2/6' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'A. Bingen et Costenoble Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
Conceived in 1905 and cast before 1920
Femme accroupie se tenant les deux pieds
signed with the monogram and numbered '2/6' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'A. Bingen et Costenoble Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
Conceived in 1905 and cast before 1920
Provenance
Dina Vierny, Paris.
Acquired from the above on 4 July 1983 by the present owners.
Acquired from the above on 4 July 1983 by the present owners.
Literature
W. George, Aristide Maillol, Neuchâtel, 1977, pp. 170 & 246, no. 174 (another cast illustrated p. 174).
U. Berger & J. Zutter (eds.), Aristide Maillol, Munich, 1996, p. 53 (terracotta version illustrated).
U. Berger & J. Zutter (eds.), Aristide Maillol, Munich, 1996, p. 53 (terracotta version illustrated).
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