Standing Nude (Little Venus Without Arms), by Aristide Maillol

An image of Nu Debout (Petite Venus sans Bras). Standing Nude (Little Venus without Arms). Maillol, Aristide (French, 1861-1944). Rudier, Alexis (founder). The figure stands on, and is attached to, an approximately oval base which is curved at the back and flattened at the front, with sides sloping slighting inwards from the base. The girl has her hair swept up into a chignon at the back. Her head is tilted downards and slightly to her right. She stands on her left leg with her right knee relaxed and her weight on the ball of her right foot. There are no arms. Bronze, cast with brown patina, height (whole) 35.5 cm, width (base) 10.5 cm. Early 20th century.

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Nu Debout (Petite Venus sans Bras). Standing Nude (Little Venus without Arms). Maillol, Aristide (French, 1861-1944). Rudier, Alexis (founder). The figure stands on, and is attached to, an approximately oval base which is curved at the back and flattened at the front, with sides sloping slighting inwards from the base. The girl has her hair swept up into a chignon at the back. Her head is tilted downards and slightly to her right. She stands on her left leg with her right knee relaxed and her weight on the ball of her right foot. There are no arms. Bronze, cast with brown patina, height (whole) 35.5 cm, width (base) 10.5 cm. Early 20th century.

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Accession Number: M.15-2006
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 517 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 332.66kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2008:11:19 20:53:50

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20th Century Alexis Rudier Aphrodite Aristide Maillol bronze bun chignon female female nude figure Fitz_AA French hair Maillol nude patina patinated patination sculpture Venus woman

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