Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2470Location: BostonDate / Time: September 11, 2009 12:00PM
Description:
Aristide Maillol (French, 1861-1944)
Baigneuse debout à la draperie
Initialed, numbered and foundry stamped "M 6/6...·Alexis Rudier·/·Fondeur·Paris" in
the cast on the base.
Bronze with brown patina, approximately 12 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (30.5 x 10.8 x 8.9 cm).
Condition: Minor surface dust.
Provenance: Estate of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (née Braman) Grasso, Essex, Connecticut.
Estimate $20,000-40,000
The surface grime is very minor. The work appears to be a life-time cast.