Lot Essay
Dina Vierny has confirmed the authenticity of this bronze.
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Baigneuse aux bras levés
Details
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Baigneuse aux bras levés
signed with monogram and numbered '4/6' (on the top of the base), and inscribed with foundry mark '.Alexis Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Conceived in 1898; this bronze version cast before 1952
Baigneuse aux bras levés
signed with monogram and numbered '4/6' (on the top of the base), and inscribed with foundry mark '.Alexis Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Conceived in 1898; this bronze version cast before 1952
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1985.
Literature
J. Rewald, Maillol, New York, 1939, p. 165 (plaster and another bronze cast illustrated, pls. 70-71; titled Bather Putting Up Her Hair).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 247, no. 201 (large version illustrated, p. 201).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, p. 247, no. 201 (large version illustrated, p. 201).
Sale room notice
Dina Vierny has confirmed the authenticity of this bronze.