Aristide Maillol (1861-1944), Baigneuse debout se coiffant

Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Baigneuse debout se coiffant
signed with monogram and numbered '4/6' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark '. Alexis Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark green patina
Height: 61 ¼ in. (155.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1930 and cast circa 1935

Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1982.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass

Literature
W. George, Aristide Maillol, Neuchâtel, 1965, pp. 194 and 234 (another cast illustrated, p. 199).
B. Lorquin, Maillol aux Tuileries, Paris, 1991, pp. 15 and 78 (detail of another cast illustrated, p. 14; titled Baigneuse aux bras levés).
B. Lorquin, Aristide Maillol, Geneva, 1994, p. 102 (another cast illustrated; titled Nu debout se coiffant).