Air (Maillol)

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Air
L'Air by Aristide Maillol, Paris 7 October 2012.jpg
Artist Aristide Maillol
Year1938
Typelead
Dimensions130 cm× 240 cm× 93.3 cm(50 in× 94 in× 36+34 in)
Locationvarious

Air is a lead or bronze sculpture, by Aristide Maillol.

He modeled Dina Vierny in plaster in 1938, and casts were made after his death. It is an edition of six. [1] Examples are located at the Kröller-Müller Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Jardin des Tuileries, J. Paul Getty Museum, [2] Norton Simon Museum, [3] and Kimbell Art Museum. [4]

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References

  1. Antonia Boström; Christopher Bedford; Penelope Curtis; John Dixon Hunt (2008). The Fran and Ray Stark collection of 20th-century sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Getty Publications. ISBN   978-0-89236-904-1.
  2. Air, (sculpture). SIRIS
  3. "Search the Collection » Norton Simon Museum".
  4. "Kimbell Art Museum". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2011-11-23.