ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944) NUDE OF BACK Charcoal and pencil on paper Signed with the artist's monogram lower right Charcoal and pencil on paper; signed with the artist's monogram lower right 32 X 23,3 CM - 12 5/8 X 9 1/8 IN. A certificate from Madame Dina Vierny, dated 10 March 2000, will be given to the buyer. "No one composes like Maillol an ensemble of flesh, the symmetry of a torso, and all those sensual architectures in which his imagination flourishes. No romanticism, no literature complicates the vision of these beautiful bodies, whose naive sensuality, simplicity and unadorned nobility have the flavour of fresh, pure water: fleshy, healthy Muses whose nonchalant attitudes bring them closer to Mother Earth." Maurice Denis, "Maillol", Le Figaro, 87° année, n° 365, 13 December 1941, p. 4, reprinted in Paris 1941.