About the Artwork
Venus
late 19th or early 20th century
Aristide Maillol
1861-1944
French
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 17 inches (43.2 cm)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
City of Detroit Purchase
29.330
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, engraved in bronze, back left near base: M [flanked by numbers 1 or 7 and 2, all within circle]
Inscribed, outside, foundry mark, back of right shoulder near base: ALEXIS RUDIER | FONDEUR PARIS
Marked, inside, printed gallery paper label with handwritten object information: GALERIEN FLECHTHEIM | BERLIN W 10 DŰSSELDORF | Lützowufer 15 Königsallee 34 | Maillol | Venus kopf | vollendet | 1928 Marked, inside, paper label, handwritten: MIA #30-51 Marked, inside, twill tape with handwritten number: 266.1: 45 Marked, inside, paper oval sticker with handwritten number: Bx 5-4
Provenance
(Alfred Flechtheim)
1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Valentiner, William R. “Bust of Venus by Aristide Maillol,” Bulletin of the DIA 11, no. 1 (October 1929): pp. 6-8 (ill.).
Ritchie, Andrew C., ed. Aristide. Exh. cat., Albright Art Gallery. Buffalo, 1945, no. 41 (ill.).
Origins of Modern Sculpture. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1946, p. 10 [as "Bust"].
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Aristide Maillol, Venus, late 19th or early 20th century, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 29.330.
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