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
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
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
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.2-1940
Primary reference Number: 13591
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1940
Stable URI
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
