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Baigneuse debout se coiffant (standing bather fixing her hair): M.2-1940

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Baigneuse debout se coiffant (standing bather fixing her hair)
Translated as: (Standing Bather Fixing her Hair)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Maillol, Aristide

Entities

Categories

Description

Bronze, cast, with brown patina, slightly polished. The right leg is raised on a low block and the weight of the body rests on the left leg. The arms are raised and the hands clasped behind the head, which is slightly bent downwards.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Frank Hindley Smith

Measurements and weight

Height: 10 5/8 in

Place(s) associated

  • Paris ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1940) by Hindley Smith, Frank

Dating

20th Century, Early#
After 1898 CE - Circa 1925 CE

Note

This statuette was first conceived by Maillol in 1898 in which year it was edited by Maillol's Paris-based art dealer, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939). Maillol later reworked the figure as a larger model in c. 1926 in response to a request from the famous Danish patron Johannes Rump, whose collection (including the Maillol) would later form part of Copenhagen's Statens Museum for Kunst. Following this commission, and its success, Maillol chose to enlarge the statuette again in c. 1930. One of these larger examples is among the statuary displayed in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Sculpture Depth 10.1 cm Height 27.2 cm Width 11.9 cm

Materials used in production

Bronze

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Bronze, cast, with brown patina, slightly polished
Patinating

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AM
  • Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.2-1940
Primary reference Number: 13591
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1940
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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