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Nu agenouillé (Nude Woman Kneeling)

Maker

(artist)
1861-1944

Title

Nu agenouillé (Nude Woman Kneeling)

Date of Production

1922-1926

Medium

graphite on white laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 30.7 cm
Width: 21.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1935.SC.139

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Label Text

Like Edgar Dégas (1834-1917), whose work he much admired, Maillol sought to depict the female body in the simplest, most natural postures, often bending or crouching. Mainly concerned with the torso, especially the curvaceous back view, he minimalised gestures and facial features. This drawing, probably of his wife Clothilde, is one of two known studies for a lithograph. The delicately shaded contours are created by using a soft pencil over textured paper.

Provenance

Leicester Galleries (London); purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), 1928; Courtauld Gift 1935

Exhibition History

The Sculpted Nude: Aristide Maillol and Eric Gill, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/12/2003-29/02/2004

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998

The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...More

The Nude: 19th & 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Prints, Morley Gallery, London, 10/04/1975-24/05/1975

Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960 ...Less

Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
cat. no. 73
illus. p. 133

John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 101
illus. p. 216

The nude: 19th & 20th century paintings, drawings, sculpture , prints, Morley Gallery, London, 1975
cat. no. 50 ...More

Drawings and engravings from the Courtauld Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, December 1959-April 1960, 1974 (rev. ed.)
no. 53

Guerin, Marcel, L'oeuvre grave et lithographie de Aristide Maillol, Geneva 1965-67
under no. 266

Drawings and engravings from the Courtauld Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Dec. 1959 - Apr. 1960, 1959-1960
cat. no. 36

Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 139 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed with initial: "M"; lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: "45.35".

Collector's mark: none.

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