MAILLOL, Aristide

Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales 1861 - Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales 1944

Maker: Godard, E.

Torse de L'Ile-de-France

Torso of L'Ile-de-France

modeled before 1921, cast before 1925

bronze cast by Godard?

torso

Dimensions (HxWxD): 42 ³⁄₈ x 12 ³⁄₄ in.

signed on the base behind the right leg: A. MAILLOL

Acc. No.: 53.140.9

Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, gift of A. Conger Goodyear

Photo credit: www.metmuseum.org

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

Provenance

• 1925-1929 or 1930, New York, A. Conger Goodyear
• 1929 or 1930-1951, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, gift of A. Conger Goodyear
• 1951, Edith Perry Chapman Fund, acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, gift of A. Conger Goodyear

Bibliography

• 1998 Wiesinger
  Véronique Wiesinger, "Maillol, Bourdelle, Despiau et la conception américaine de la modernité en sculpture", Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français, 1998, p. 335-337

Exhibitions

• 1925-1926 Buffalo
  Maillol, Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, 1925-1926, no. 1, pl. 1
  
  
  1930 New York
  Wilhelm Lehmbruck-Aristide Maillol, Fourth loan exhibition, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1930, no. 9
  
  
  1931-1932 Philadelphia
  Living artists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, November 1931-January 1932
  
  
  1934 New York
  Modern works of art, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 177, pl. 177
  
  
  1937 Cleveland
  Sculpture of our time, Cleveland Museum of Art, November-December, 1937
  
  
  1939 Boston
  Despiau-Maillol, Boston, Institute of Modern Art, January-February, 1939
  
  
  1939 New York
  Art in our time, An Exhibition to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Museum of Modern Art and the opening of its New Building, New York, Museum of Modern Art, May 10-September 30, 1939, no. 264
  
  
  1945 Buffalo
  Aristide Maillol, Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, 1945, p. 55, no. 17, pl. 80, pl. 105
  
  
  1972 Tokyo
  Treasured Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, The Tokyo National Museum, 1972, no. 108
  
  
  1973 London
  Pioneers of modern sculpture, London, Hayward Gallery, 1973, no. 139
  
  
  1979 Athens
  Treasures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, memories and reflections of the classical spirit, Athens, National Pinakothiki, Alexander Soutzos Museum, September 29-December 31, 1979, no. 112, p. 280-281, ill.
  
  
  1981 Bordeaux
  Profil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York de Ramses à Picasso, Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, May 15-September 1, 1981, no. 136, p. 113, ill., entry by Clare Vincent

Related works

• Three different versions of the Torso made by Maillol between 1910 and 1921. This bronze is from the second model.
  One of six casts.
  Other bronze examples:
  - Norton Gallery and School of Art
  - Paris, musée d'Orsay
  - Mrs. G. Macculloch Miller (in 1966)
  - San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums (slightly different)
  Full figure finished in 1925. Bronze examples:
  - Paris, Musée du Petit Palais
  - Paris, jardin des Tuileries
  - R. Sturgis Ingersoll Collection (in 1945)

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