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"Group of Sheep"
Book II, The Georgics of Vergil

This image was cut by Maillol between 1937 and 1944 (probably in 1939). 
 It was published in 1950 in The Georgics of Vergil  by Gonin of Paris, and is probably
a bookplate from that edition. The image is 3 5/8  X 5 1/4  inches on paper measuring 9 1/2 X 13 inches. 
 It possesses Maillol's monogram stamp but no other markings. 
The print is perfect, and is framed in its original frame.
 




"Wild Olive Tree"
Book II, The Georgics of Vergil

This image was cut by Maillol between 1937 and 1944 when he died. 
It was published in 1950 in The Georgics of Vergil.  This print is not a bookplate from
that edition but one issued in a limited edition of 20 either before or after (most likely after) the 1950 book edition.  Numbered limited editions of Maillol's woodcuts are very rare. 

The print  is a 4 7/8 X 6 3/4 inch image on Maillol's classic laid paper measuring 8 7/8 X 11 7/8 inches.  It is printed in red-orange ink as shown.  It possesses Maillol's classic monogram plus an edition number of XVIII / XX  written in pencil above the monogram.  The unmatted area of the print is slightly discolored from age as well as from the original non-archival matting.  Otherwise, the print is perfect.  Presented in a wood frame.

 
   

ARISTIDE MAILLOL
1861 - 1944


Aristide Maillol is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Working first as a sculptor, then as a painter and printmaker, Maillol returned to sculpture in his later years because his eyesight and general strength was waning.  The Louvre in Paris, the Hermitage in St Petersburg and scores of other important museums and collections around the world proudly display their collections of Maillol's sculptures, mostly of the human form.  His prints and woodblock book
 illustrations comprise one of the most important bodies of prints in history. 
The two prints shown here are original works of this great artist.

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