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Aristide Maillol

Estimate
90,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description

  • Aristide Maillol
  • La Nuit
  • inscrit du monogramme, numéroté 4/6 et porte la marque du fondeur A.R.
  • bronze
  • hauteur : 17,5 cm ; 6 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Artek, Helsinki
Vente : Sotheby's, Londres, 5 février 2003, lot 131
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel.

Exhibited

Helsinki, Galerie Artek, Maillol, 1963

Literature

Aristide Maillol: 1861-1944, New York, 1975, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 61
Maillol, Besançon, 1994, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 85
Ursel Berger et Jörg Zutter, Aristide Maillol, Munich, New York, 1996, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 208
Bertrand Lorquin, Artistide Maillol, Genève, 2002, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 66

Condition

The bronze is sound with an attractive brown patina. There is some build-up of dust in the recesses. Apart from a few superficial wear to the protruding elements and below the sculpture, this work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

inscribed with the artist's monogram, numbered '4/6' and bears the foundry mark 'A.R.'; bronze. Cast during the artist's lifetime between the two World Wars.

"[Maillol]achève une œuvre sur laquelle il travaille depuis plusieurs années, ‘La Nuit’. Cette statue fermée sur elle-même représente l’emblème du repos, de la sérénité et de l’ataraxie. On l’a souvent comparée aux statues cubes de l’ancienne Egypte par sa structure parfaitement rigoureuse et la douceur de ses volumes." Bertrand Lorquin

Un vanity dédié à la collection est disponible sur demande.
A catalogue dedicated to this collection is available upon request.