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Ovid's "The Art of Love" ("L'art d'aimer" d'Ovide)

1935

Aristide Maillol

Associated Names

Aristide Maillol

Artist, French, 1861 - 1944

The image portrays a person drawn from the back in a standing pose with their left leg crossed in front of the right leg. The person's hands are on the back of their head, and the figure is nude with no clothing visible. The sketch is done in a reddish-brown tone on a plain, light background.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1950.16.92
Catalogue Raisonné

Guérin 1965, no. 315

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1982

Guerin, Marcel. Catalogue Raisonne de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie Aristide Maillol. Geneva: Pierre Cailler, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q65219226

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