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A. MAILLOL Lithograph Nude French 1925

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A. MAILLOL Lithograph Nude French 1925
<b>MAILLOL</b>
ARISTIDE MAILLOL
Banyuls-sur-Mer 1861- 1944 Perpignan (French)
Femme Accroupie de Dos / Sitting Nude from the Back - 1925
Original Hand Signed Lithograph
Title : Femme Accroupie de Dos / Sitting Nude from the Back.
Technique : Original Lithograph on yellow colored japon paper
Paper size : 49.5 X 32 cm / 19.5 X 12.6 inch.
Image size: 24 X 13 cm / 9.5 X 5.1 inch.
Additional Information : This Lithograph is Hand Signed in pencil with the artist monogramm in the lower right corner.
This work was printed in 1925 and is the rare first state (trial proof) of the lithograph. The final edition (of the second state) was printed in a limited edition of only 25 impressions.
However our impression is from the rare first state and was used as a trial proof for the final edition.
It is stamped at the lower left margin with the ink stamp of the publisher Edmond Frapier to authenticate that this work is indeed from the first state. (The stamp is listed in the complete book of stamps as reference Lugt 2921b and Lugt 2921c).
The paper bears the blindstamp of the Galerie des Peintres Graveurs Paris who were the editors of this work at the lower right margin.
Literature : Catalogue Raisonne de l'Oeuvre Grave et Lithographie de Aristide Maillol, Tome 2 - Les Lithographies (The complete book of Aristide Maillol's Engraved and Lithographic work, Vol 2- the Lithographs), by Marcel Guerin, Editions Pierre Cailler, Geneve, 1967.
Reference: Guerin no. 266 (I out of II).
Condition : Very Good Condition, apart from slight discoloration of the far margins and tape remaining on the reverse.