Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) - Lot 120

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Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) - Lot 120
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) Femme les deux mains aux cheveux (or Baigneuse se coiffant or Femme debout se coiffant) Model made in 1905 or earlier Published by Vollard, from 1905 onwards Model no. 11, "Femme les deux mains aux cheveux", Catalogue des sculptures de Maillol éditées par Ambroise Vollard, compiled by Ursel Berger (see 2021 BERGER-LEBON, p. 15). Florentin Godard sand casting (no founder's mark), executed between 1907 and 1937 Artist's monogram in a circle (on back): AM H. 38 ; W.10 ; D.11,5 cm A certificate from Mrs. Ursel Berger, dated February 16, 2025, will be given to the buyer. Provenance : United States, private collection Aristide Maillol created the Femme les deux mains aux cheveux model no later than 1905, a pivotal year in his career as a sculptor. By then, having exhibited his sculptural work for barely 10 years, his career was marked by two major breakthroughs. The first was public recognition, achieved at the Salon d'Automne with the exhibition of the sculpture La Méditerranée. The second breakthrough for Maillol in 1905 was the signing of a second contract for the bronze edition of some of his models with the art dealer Ambroise Vollard. Vollard, who had organized Maillol's first monographic exhibition in 1902, had also signed his first publishing contract. Four proofs are in public collections: in Moscow, at the Pushkin Museum, from the former Morosov collection, acquired directly by Morosov from Galerie Vollard around 1910; in Winterthur, at the Villa Flora, from the former Hahnloser collection; in Basel, at the Kunstmuseum, acquired by the museum in 1932 (no. P 61); and in Berlin, at the Nationalgalerie, acquired by the museum in 1949 (no. B 14). The model for Femme les deux mains aux cheveux is highly representative of Maillol's early sculptures: small, round bosses depicting clothed or unclothed female figures, kneeling or standing. Here, Maillol takes up the theme of the Femme se coiffant, but this time in a more compact composition, with more compact proportions, i.e. in a frankly Catalan spirit, as seen in the productions of his fellow artists Manolo Hugué, Joachin Claret and José Clara. Bibliography: - 1939 GEORGE: Waldemar George, Maillol, Berlin, G. Weise, 1939, no. 8, repr. - 1996 EXHIBITION CATALOG MUSÉE BERLIN-LAUSANNE-BRÊME-MANNHEIM : curated by Ursel Berger, Jörg Zutter, Aristide Maillol, exhibition catalog [Berlin, Georg-Kolbe Museum, January 14 - May 5, 1996, Lausanne, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, May 15 - September 22, 1996, Bremen, Gerhard Marcks Museum, October 6, 1996 - January 13, 1997, Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, January 25 - March 31, 1997], Paris, Flammarion-musée des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, 1996, cat. n°55 - 2003 LEBON: Élisabeth Lebon, Dictionnaire des fondeurs de bronzes d'art France 1890-1950, Perth, Marjon éditions, 2003. - 2015 CATALOGUE EXHIBITION MUSÉE PARIS: curated by Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Marianne Mathieu, Villa Flora. Les temps enchantés, exhibition catalog Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, September 10, 2015 - February 7 2016, Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet-Hazan, 2015, cat. n°20.
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