Lot Essay
Dina Vierny has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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Etude pour "Le monument à Paul Cézanne"
Details
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Etude pour "Le monument à Paul Cézanne"
signed with monogram and numbered '3/6' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark '.Alexis Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Length: 13 in. (33 cm.)
Height: 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1912-1925; this bronze version cast in the artist's lifetime
Etude pour "Le monument à Paul Cézanne"
signed with monogram and numbered '3/6' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark '.Alexis Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Length: 13 in. (33 cm.)
Height: 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1912-1925; this bronze version cast in the artist's lifetime
Provenance
M. Lambert, Paris.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 December 2000, lot 122.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 December 2000, lot 122.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Maillol, New York, 1939, p. 166 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 83).
D. Chevalier, Maillol, Paris, 1970, p. 45 (terracotta version illustrated in color).
D. Chevalier, Maillol, Paris, 1970, p. 45 (terracotta version illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Perpignan, France, Palais des Congrés, Aristide Maillol, July-September 2000, p. 108, no. 56 (illustrated in color).