Lot 77: ARISTIDE MAILLOL

ARISTIDE MAILLOL BANYULS-SUR-MER 1861 - 1944 PERIGNAN MARIE Red chalk heightened with touches of white chalk, on grey paper 355 by 270 mm

Caracas, Centro Cultural Consolidado, Marcas y Trazos del Dibujo- 44 Maestros Modernos, 1994, reproduced (as Marie, 1936)

Stamped with the artist's monogram (L.1852b);
Galerie Dina Vierney, Paris, where purchased in February 1964 by
José Luis and Beatrice Plaza, Caracas,
by whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 9 December 1997, lot 364, where bought by the present owner

Aristide Maillol's sanguine drawings are amongst the finest examples of sculpture studies of the late 19th and early 20thυ centuries. According to the label on the back of the frame from the 1994 Caracas exhibition, the drawing dates from 1936. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Olivier and Bertrand Lorquin.