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Nu debout (Petite Venus sans bras)
Translated as: Standing nude (Little Venus without arms)
(Standing nude [Little Venus without arms])
Sculptor:
Maillol, Aristide
Founder:
Rudier, Alexis
Bronze, cast, with brown patina
Bronze, cast with brown patina. 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.
History note: Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London; Lillian Browse, CBE (Mrs Sidney Lines), London
Bequeathed by Lillian Browse, CBE (Mrs Sidney Lines)
Depth: 7.2 cm
Height: 35.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2005) by Browse, Lillian, CBE
Base Width 10.5 cm
Casting
: Bronze, cast, and patinated dark brown
Patination
Inscription present: script M in oval outline
Inscription present: circular white paper
Inscription present: rectangular white paper
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
Accession number: M.15-2006
Primary reference Number: 134033
Entry form: PDP 716
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_15_2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Nu debout (Petite Venus sans bras)" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/134033 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:31:56
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