Bather with Raised Arms

modeled 1898, reworked ca. 1926, cast date unknown

Not on view

Maillol's original version of this figure was a 9 3/4 in. high statuette, which was edited in bronze by the Paris dealer Ambroise Vollard in 1898. Around 1926 Maillol reworked and enlarged the figure, and around 1930 he again enlarged the figure to life size. A small bronze with the appearance of monumentality, this work points the way to the genuine monumentality of the life-size figure.

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Title: Bather with Raised Arms
Artist: Aristide Maillol (French, Banyuls-sur-Mer 1861–1944 Perpignan)
Founder: Cast by C. Valsuani
Date: modeled 1898, reworked ca. 1926, cast date unknown
Culture: French
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Overall: 31 3/8 × 14 × 12 3/4 in. (79.7 × 35.6 × 32.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Bequest of Susan Vanderpoel Clark, 1967
Object Number: 67.155.15
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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