Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Baigneuse au bord de la rivière
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23½ in. (73.7 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1935
Provenance
Dina Vierny, Paris.
Hester Diamond, Inc., New York.
Anon. (acquired from the above, 1972); sale, Christie's, New York, 13 May 1993, lot 181.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Berlin, Georg Kolbe Museum; Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts; Bremen, Gerhard Marcks-Haus, and Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Aristide Maillol, January 1996-March 1997, p. 201, no. 14 (titled; Baigneuse, dated circa 1938-1940).
New York, C & M Arts, Aristide Maillol, April-June 1997, no. 31 (illustrated).
New York, Dickinson Roundell, Inc., Female Form: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures from the 19th and 20th Centuries, May-June 2001, no. 32 (illustrated in color).
Lot Essay
Dina Vierny has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
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