ID 1400209
Lot 350 | Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Estimate value
€ 25 000 – 35 000
Buste de jeune fille
terre cuite
Hauteur: 32.5 cm.
Conçu vers 1900; ce sujet exécuté ultérieurement dans une édition de 6 exemplaires
terracotta
Height: 12 ¾ in.
Conceived circa 1900; this subject cast at a later date in an edition of 6
Provenance
(pour la terre cuite conçue avant 1905):
Comte Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar.
Maria van de Velde, Belgique (don du précédant en 1905).
Thyl van de Velde, Belgique (par descendance).
Claude Cueto, Paris (acquis auprès de celui-ci en janvier 1966).
Valérie Cueto, Paris (par descendance).
(pour notre épreuve):
Robert Bowman Gallery, Londres.
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 2010.
Literature
Lettre de Henry van de Velde adressée à Harry Graf Kessler, 2 janvier 1905.
M. Merrony, éd., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 321, fig. 21 (illustré en couleurs).
V. Bougault, 'L'Antiquité au goût du jour' in Connaissance des arts, juillet-août 2012, p. 112 (illustré en couleurs; in situ).
Égypte Ancienne, No. 8, mai-juillet 2013 p. 69.
A. Neumann, Harry Graf Kessler, Henry van de Velde, Der Briefwechsel, Cologne, 2015, p. 407.
C. Wrathall, 'Collectors & Collections' in Christie's Magazine, janvier-février 2016, p. 52.
M. Squire, 'A Passionate Collector' in Minerva, mars-avril 2018, Vol. 29, p. 16, fig. 4 (illustré).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Rondom Rodin, Tentoonstelling Honderd Jaar Fransche Sculptuur, juillet-septembre 1939, la terre cuite conçue avant 1905 sous le no. 201 (titré 'Vrouwekop' (Tête de femme)).
(collection permanente) Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2024.
Nice, Musée Matisse, Matisse Métamorphoses, février-septembre 2020.
Further details
Dina Vierny a confirmé l’authenticité de cette œuvre en 1997.
Artist: | Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944) |
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Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Artist: | Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944) |
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Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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