ID 1426026
Lot 328 | ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 200 000
Torse de femme
signed with monogram (on the back of the left leg)
terracotta
Height: 29 in. (73.6 cm.)
Conceived and executed circa 1910; unique
Provenance
Harry von Kessler, Berlin.
Kenneth M. Clark, London.
Claude Partridge, London.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (by 1955).
Sam Salz, Inc., New York.
Henry T. Mudd, Los Angeles; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 26 February 1970, lot 24.
(probably) Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owners.
Literature
H. Jadoux, Sacha Guitry, Paris, 1982, p. 312, no. 198 (dated 1912).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Maîtres de l’art moderne, June-September 1955, no. 25 (illustrated).
Further details
Olivier Lorquin has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944) |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Terracotta |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944) |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Terracotta |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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