Lot Essay
Dina Vierny has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
Details
ARISTEDE MAILLOL (1861-1944)
Jeune fille assise
signed with monogram on the top of the base 'M', numbered and inscribed on the back '4/6 E. GODARD Fondeur PARIS'-- bronze with green patina
Height: 40¾in. (103.5cm.)
Original plaster version executed circa 1936; this bronze version cast at a later date, number four in an edition of six with two artist's proofs
Jeune fille assise
signed with monogram on the top of the base 'M', numbered and inscribed on the back '4/6 E. GODARD Fondeur PARIS'-- bronze with green patina
Height: 40¾in. (103.5cm.)
Original plaster version executed circa 1936; this bronze version cast at a later date, number four in an edition of six with two artist's proofs
Provenance
Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris
Literature
J. Rewald, Maillol, Paris, 1939, p. 167 (marble version illustrated, p. 136)