Sale 9638
New York
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10 May 2001
Price realised
USD 76,375
Estimate
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) Femme 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 green and black patina Height: 7½ in. (19.1 cm.) Conceived in 1920; this bronze version cast before 1952
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Literature
W. George, Aristide Maillol, Neuchâtel, 1977, pp. 170 and 246, no. 174 (another cast illustrated, p. 174).
Dina Vierny has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
Saleroom Notice
Pre-Lot Text
Property of an American Corporate Collection
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