Woman holding dead child in lap, seated, frontal, heavily draped; child nude

Aristide Maillol, 1861–1944; born Banyuls-sur-Mer, France; died Perpignan, France

x1955-146

Information

Title

Woman holding dead child in lap, seated, frontal, heavily draped; child nude

Maker

Aristide Maillol

Medium

Charcoal

Dimensions

21 x 13.4 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund

Object Number

x1955-146

Culture

French

Type

drawings

Materials

wove paper, charcoal

Subject

women, deaths, children (people by age group), figures (representations), nudes

Alex Rudier;

Curt Valentin sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, November 9, 1955, no. 17;

Purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum

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Citation

Aristide Maillol (1861–1944; born Banyuls-sur-Mer, France; died Perpignan, France), Woman holding dead child in lap, seated, frontal, heavily draped; child nude. Charcoal; 21 x 13.4 cm. Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund (x1955-146)
Princeton University Art Museum.
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/9316

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