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Nude woman with right arm raised

Maker

(artist)
1861-1944

(lithographer)
1861-1944

Galerie des Peintres Graveurs (publisher)

Title

Nude woman with right arm raised

Date of Production

(circa) 1920

Medium

Lithograph: sanguine ink on Arches paper

Dimensions

Height: 30 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1935.SC.187

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

This lithograph is one of about fifty that Maillol produced in the 1920s, all of them depicting the female nude. He found lithography, which allowed him to draw directly on the stone, especially suited to producing full, softly modelled forms. The sanguine ink recalls the colour and texture of red chalk. It was the medium favoured by artists in centuries past for figure studies as it evokes the warmth of skin tones.

Provenance

Galerie des Peintres Graveurs, Paris; with Erhard Weyhe (New York); purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), 1925 (along with G.1935.SC.180 and D.1935.SC.136 and 137); Courtauld Gift, 1935

Exhibition History

Special Display - Picasso, Matisse, Maillol: The Female Model, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/01/2013-26/05/2013

Special Display - Impressionist Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/06/2008-13/10/2008

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

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscribed : signed & graphite : lower right & recto : monogram : M

Inscription: stamped : : : : Galerie des Peintres Graveurs

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