PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, UK
Lot 38
ARISTIDE MAILLOL(1861-1944)Etude pour le monument de Port-Vendres
26 March 2020, 17:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£15,000 - £20,000
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ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944)
Etude pour le monument de Port-Vendres
signed with the artist's monogram and numbered '2/6' (on the back of the base) and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Alex Rudier Fondeur Paris.' (on the left of the base)
bronze with green-brown patina
26 x 36cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/16in).
Conceived in 1921, this bronze version cast by the Alexis Rudier Foundry in a numbered edition of 6 plus two artist's proofs.
signed with the artist's monogram and numbered '2/6' (on the back of the base) and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Alex Rudier Fondeur Paris.' (on the left of the base)
bronze with green-brown patina
26 x 36cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/16in).
Conceived in 1921, this bronze version cast by the Alexis Rudier Foundry in a numbered edition of 6 plus two artist's proofs.
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the late Madame Dina Vierny.
Provenance
Bruton Gallery, Somerset.
Private collection, UK (acquired from the above in September 1984).
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Institut français d'Ecosse, Maquette to Monumental, Sculpture from Rodin to Our Days, August 1984, no. 30 (later travelled to London & Dallas).
Literature
W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel, 1977 (another cast illustrated p. 178).
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, London, 1995 (another cast illustrated p. 82)
