(c) The Estate of Aristide Maillol. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944, French)
La Montagne, 1er etat (petit modele) 1936
Estimate: $140000 - 180000
Sold For:
$160000 hammer
Description
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944, French)
La Montagne, 1er etat (petit modele) 1936
bronze
29.0 x 13.0 x 28.0 cm
conceived in 1936-37 and cast by Emile Godard at a later date numbered and signed with the artist's monogram inscribed with the foundry mark: E. GODARD. Fondeur Paris
edition: 4/6
Provenance:
Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris Australian Collectibles Trading Pty Ltd., Melbourne Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2011, lot 34 Private collection, Melbourne Menzies, Melbourne, 25 June 2015, lot 33 Company collection, Melbourne
Reference:
Rewald, J., Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, Braun, Paris, 1950, pl.120 (illus., terracotta version) Maillol, A., Exposition - Hommage du Centenaire de sa naissance, Galerie Daber, Paris, 1961, pl.15 (illus. exhibition catalogue, terracotta version) Aristide Maillol, Perls Galleries, New York, 1970, p.40, no.58 (illus. exhibition catalogue, another example) Maillol au Palais des Rois de Majorque, Musee Hyacinthe Rigaud, Perpignan, 1979, p.110 (illus. exhibition catalogue, another example) Aristide Maillol, Palais des Congres, Perpignan, 2000, pl.85 (illus. exhibition catalogue, another example)
Estimate: $140000 - 180000
Result Hammer: $160000