Aristide Maillol
Femme nue de dos, bras droit relevé au dessus de la tete [Female Nude from Behind, Right Arm Raised above the Head] [G 271]
About this artwork
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artist:Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944) French
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title:Femme nue de dos, bras droit relevé au dessus de la tete [Female Nude from Behind, Right Arm Raised above the Head] [G 271]
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date created:Published 1925
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materials:Sanguine lithograph on paper (third state, 25/25)
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measurements:30.00 x 11.50 cm (paper 49.90 x 32.40 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1957
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accession number:GMA 441
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Aristide Maillol
Aristide Maillol
Maillol was born at Banyuls-sur-Mer, a small town in the south of France. He moved to Paris in 1881, where he trained as a painter from 1885. He also took up tapestry weaving, establishing his own workshop at Banyuls in 1893. Maillol made his first sculpture in 1895 and decided to concentrate on...