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Reclining female nude (circa 1937)

Aristide Maillol

woodcut on oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Reclining female nude (circa 1937)

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND) Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Materials:

Oriental paper

Physical Object Description:

Reclining female nude seen three-quarter length to left, her right hand raised and her mouth pursed. c1937 Woodcut, printed on oriental paper. Signed with monogram on block. Signed with monogram and numbered 36/60. Bears collector's blindstamp: "H PETIET/EDITEUR/PARIS"

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

17.1 x 19.6 cm

Accession Number:

1938,0514.39

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1938

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Henri Marie Petiet (1894-1980); purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1937; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1938

Relationship:

Petiet Henri Marie Petiet Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Female Body

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Artist Bio

Aristide Maillol
Reclining female nude (circa 1937)

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