Aristide MAILLOL 

Bronze with dark brown patina, signed « Aristide Maillol »
Sand cast by Florentin Godard from the artist’s lifetime  (no foundry mark)
H. 24,6″ x L.5,9″ x P.5,7″
Circa between 1907 and 1937`

Provenance: private collection.`

Literature: John Rewald, Aristide Maillol 1861-1944, Paris, 1950, wooden model reproduced  page 15; Aristide Maillol : 1861-1944, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York 1975,  bronze model reproduced page 55 ; under the direction of Ophélie Ferlier-Bouat and Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, Aristide Maillol 1861-1944 La quête de l’harmonie, exhibition : Paris, musée d’Orsay 12 April -21 August 2022, Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich 7 October 2022- 22 January 2023, Roubaix, La Piscine 18 February-21 May 2023, pages 124 à 127 and 131à 132 ;  Ursel Berger, Élisabeth Lebon, Maillol redécouvert, galerie Malaquais, Montreuil 2021, bronze model reproduced page 14 « model n°3 ».