Double-sided charcoal drawing on laid paper France, c. 1940 Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) - French sculptor, painter and graphic artist Monogrammed lower right with a circled ‘M’ Verso numbered in pencil ‘17’ Sheet Size: 39.3 x 27.2 cm Framed: 63 x 47 cm Good condition Double-sided charcoal drawing with a seated female nude seen from the back and verso with another female nude in frontal view Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU. Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 10,000 Euro At a young age French art dealer Dina Vierny became the muse of the then much older artist Aristide Maillol. She posed as a model for many of his nude drawings, as she did for the painters Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard. Condition: The sheet is mounted loosely within a mat and is framed under glass. It is in good condition. The paper is slightly soiled in the margins. Two tiny pinholes visible in the upper corners. Otherwise overall of good impression. The sheet dimensions are 39.3 x 27.2 cm, framed 63 x 47 cm. Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) In 1881 Aristide Maillol moved to Paris where he first attended a drawing course at the École des Beaux-Arts as a student of the painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme. In the meantime he took classes in sculpture at the arts college before returning to the Academy where he remained until 1893. Maillol's recognition as a sculptor grew only gradually, forcing him to earn his livelihood with the restoration of stucco work. Success ensued after an exhibition in 1902 in which Ambroise Vollard presented 33 of Maillol’s works. Two years later, he was included in a publication by Julius Meier-Graefe and made the acquaintance of his most important patron, the German art collector Harry Graf Kessler, with whom he travelled on several occasions and executed important commissions. In 1913 Maillol had his first exhibition abroad, in Rotterdam. This was followed by exhibitions at the Armory Show in New York and later in the Berlin gallery of Alfred Flechtheim, the Kunsthalle Basel and the Petit Palais in Paris on the occasion of the World Exhibition in Paris. Maillol initially devoted himself to painting, was a member of the Nabis group, and created tapestries. From the mid-1890s on he created primarily sculptures in plaster, wood and bronze. The main theme of his sculptural oeuvre is the female body. Today Maillol's works can be found in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Auctionata charges the resale rights tax pursuant to Section 26 of the German Copyright Act (UrhG) towards the buyer in case of the sale of an original work of art or photography prior to 70 years having lapsed since the death of their creator. Therefore, Auctionata charges when purchasing a good – if a protection as an original work of art or photography is given – starting from a hammer price of EUR 400 an additional amount, which is calculated according to Section 26 (2) German Copyright Act (UrhG) and which does not exceed the amount of EUR 12,500. You can find more information about resale rights tax in Auctionata´s table of fees and T&C. Starting Price : 5000