The Three Nymphs

model 1930-1938, cast 1966-1967

Aristide Maillol

Sculptor, French, 1861 - 1944

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

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

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, no. 74, repro.

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.

Inscriptions

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.

Markings

FM: Georges Rudier

Wikidata ID

Q63860718


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