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ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944)

Lot 213
19.05.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 213 | ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944)
Baigneuse aux bras levés
signed with monogram (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.)
Conceived in 1898 and cast during the artist's lifetime




Provenance

Mme de Lompré, Paris.
Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above).
Selma H. and Maxime L. Hermanos, New York (acquired from the above, December 1950).
By descent from the above to the present owner.



Literature

O. Mirbeau, Aristide Maillol, Paris, 1921 (another cast illustrated, p. 41).
S. Cheney, "Maillol, Giant of Sculpture" in International Studio, October 1923, vol. LXXVIII, no. 317, p. 11 (another cast illustrated; titled Standing Woman).
M. Denis, A. Maillol, Paris, 1925, p. 30 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Maillol, Paris, 1939, p. 165 (another bronze and plaster versions illustrated, pls. 70-71; titled Bather putting up her hair).
A. Ritchie, ed., Aristide Maillol, with an Introduction and Survey of the Artist's Work in American Collections, Buffalo, 1945 (another cast illustrated, p. 71).
M. Bouvier, Aristide Maillol, Lausanne, 1945, p. 146 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 75).
W. George, Aristide Maillol, London, 1965, p. 234, no. 199 (large bronze version illustrated, p. 199).
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977, pp. 186 and 247, no. 201 (large bronze version illustrated, p. 201; dated 1930).
B. Lorquin, Maillol aux Tuileries, Paris, 1991, p. 78 (large bronze version illustrated in color, p. 14; dated 1930).
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, Geneva, 1994, p. 198 (large bronze version illustrated, p. 102; titled Nu debout se coiffant; dated 1930).
U. Berger et E. Lebon, Maillol (re)découvert, Montreuil, 2021, p. 86, no. 8 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 14 and 87; dated 1902 and titled Femme debout les mains derrière la tête).



Further details

Olivier Lorquin has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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