Lot Essay
Dina Vierny has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS GENTLEMAN
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Femme accroupie se tenant les deux pieds
Details
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Femme accroupie se tenant les deux pieds
signed with monogram and numbered '3/6' (on the right side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark '.Alexis Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 7½ in. (19.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1920
Femme accroupie se tenant les deux pieds
signed with monogram and numbered '3/6' (on the right side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark '.Alexis Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 7½ in. (19.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1920
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 10 May 2001, lot 341.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. George, Aristide Maillol, Neuchâtel, 1977, pp. 170 and 246, no. 174 (another cast illustrated, p. 174).
U. Berger and J. Zutter, eds., Aristide Maillol, Munich, 1996, p. 53 (terracotta version illustrated).
U. Berger and J. Zutter, eds., Aristide Maillol, Munich, 1996, p. 53 (terracotta version illustrated).