| Flora, Nude | |
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| French: La Flore, nue | |
 The statue in Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in 2019 | |
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| Artist | Aristide Maillol |
| Year | 1910 (cast 1960–1965) |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze (Detroit, Houston) |
| Location | United States: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan |
| 29°43′36″N95°23′26″W / 29.7266°N 95.3905°W | |
Flora, Nude (French : La Flore, nue) is a sculpture by French artist Aristide Maillol.
A 1910 bronze sculpture is installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of Texas. [2] It was cast during 1960–1965 and gifted to the museum by Isaac Arnold, Jr. in honor of his wife, Antonette Tilly Arnold. [2]
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Events from the year 1910 in art.
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