• Impressionist/Modern Day Sale auction at Christies

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    21 June 2012

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    • Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
    Lot 344

    Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)

    Baigneuse debout

    Price realised

    GBP 109,250

    Estimate

    GBP 120,000 - GBP 180,000

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    Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
    Baigneuse debout
    signed 'Aristide Maillol' (on the top of the base), inscribed and numbered '2/6 Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris.' (on the side of the base)
    bronze with green patina
    Height: 26 in. (66 cm.)
    Conceived in 1900 and cast during the artist's lifetime in an edition of six

    Provenance

    Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris.
    Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Christie's, London, 4 February 2002, lot 23.
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    J. Rewald, Maillol, New York, 1939 (another cast illustrated p. 72).
    W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1965 (another cast illustrated p. 130).
    D. Vierny & B. Lorquin, Maillol, la passion du bronze, Paris, 1995 (another cast illustrated p. 24).


    Lot Essay

    Olivier Lorquin has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.

    Other information

    Special Notice

    Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.


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