The Three Nymphs, model 1930-1938, cast 1966-1967

Not on View

Medium

lead

Dimensions

overall: 157.5 x 145.7 x 80 cm (62 x 57 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lucille Ellis Simon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.39.1

Artists / Makers

Aristide Maillol (sculptor) French, 1861 - 1944

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Inscription

on top of base in front of figure on left, artist's device: M within a circle; on right, angled side of base: .Georges Rudier. / .Fondeur.Paris.

Marks and Labels

FM: Georges Rudier

Provenance

Estate of the artist; purchased 1967 through (Malborough-Gerson Gallery, New York) by Lucille Ellis Simon [1911-2000], Los Angeles; gift (partial and promised) 1991 to NGA; gift completed 2002.

Associated Names

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery
Simon, Lucille Ellis, Mrs.

Exhibition History

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 336-337, color repro.

2012: Gauguin, Cezanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 73..

2019: Renoir: The Body, The Senses, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 2019-2020.

Bibliography

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 141, repro.

2022: Conservation Division's Fiftieth Anniversary Committee. "Innovation and Collaboration: Fifty Years of Conservation at the National Gallery." Art for the Nation no. 66 (Fall 2022): 12-13, fig.14-15.