Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)

La petite Marie, étude sans bras

Details

Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
La petite Marie, étude sans bras
signed with the monogram 'M', numbered '4/6' (on the base) and inscribed 'Alexis Rudier. Fondeur. Paris' (on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
27 in. (68.6 cm.) high
Conceived in 1925 and cast in a numbered edition of six

Provenance

The Artist's Estate.
Perls Galleries, New York, where purchased by the late owner in 1968.

Exhibited

Arizona, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, The George Gregson Collection, January-March 1969 (illustrated p. 91).

Sale room notice

Please note this work is sold with a photo-certificate from Dina Vierny dated le 9 Juillet, 1968.

Lot Essay

La petite Marie was cast in two versions: one with arms and one without. Both versions were cast by Maillol at the Alexis Rudier foundry in a numbered edition of six, in 1925. Dina Vierny, who was the executor of Maillol's estate, arranged the sale of this piece through Perls Galleries, New York in 1968.

Madame Dina Vierny has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work in a letter dated Paris, le 17 avril 1997.

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