Christie’s roundel
Lot 236 Property from the Estate of Joan S. Ben-Avi

Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)

Femme agenouillée

Closed7 May 2009

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USD 158,500

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Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Femme agenouillée
signed with monogram and numbered '1/6' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the front of the base)
bronze with brown and black patina
Height: 6½ in. (16.5 cm.)
Length: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1930

Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris.
Paul and Sophie Sampliner, New York (acquired from the above, June 1954).
By descent from the above to the late owner.

Specialist note

Olivier and Bertrand Lorquin have confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.