The sitter initially held his left hand higher, at waist level [fig2].
„OK T Print“ lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand.
Not dated. „1“ [encircled] verso, center sheet, unknown hand.
„Travelers“ lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand.
„SEPIA + 981 WP 1“ verso, right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
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waist up except for a white cloth she loosely holds to her chest with her left hand
„Yoruba Couple“ lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand. „3/100“ lower center
„OK 2 Print“ lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, as he turned from a career as a painter and a graphic and tapestry designer to concentrate on sculpture, Aristide Maillol was shaping what would become the leitmotif of his career. The subject that inspired him was the female nude, carefully observed but transmuted by underlying geometric forms into a kind of architecture, evoking the timeless rather than the individual.
She holds her left hand, to our right, to that cheek so the elbow is close to the
