Standing Bather

originally carved 1899, cast probably ca. 1900

Not on view

Maillol was trained as a painter, but at the outset of his career he was profoundly inspired by medieval tapestries. In the early 1890s, he set up tapestry workshops in his native Banyuls and then in Paris. He also became interested in sculpture and began to carve statuettes in wood. This bronze was cast after one of those statuettes acquired by the Princess Helene Bibesco in 1899 and now in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

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Title: Standing Bather
Artist: Aristide Maillol (French, Banyuls-sur-Mer 1861–1944 Perpignan)
Date: originally carved 1899, cast probably ca. 1900
Culture: French
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Overall: 24 5/8 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (62.5 × 13.3 × 14 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1951; from The Museum of Modern Art, gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Object Number: 55.21.15
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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