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Artist Aristide Maillol (French, 1861 - 1944)
- TitleFemale Torso "Summer"
- Dating ca 1910
- Technique/MaterialBronze
- Dimensions86 x 48 x 33 cm
- AcquisitionPurchased with funds from the Association of Friends of the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Herman Gustaf Turitz and Theodor and Hanne Mannheimers fund, 1948
- CategorySculpture
- Inventory NumberSk 419
- Display StatusNot shown in the museum
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Aristide Maillol’s main sculptural motif was the female body. Torso of Summer displays a segment of a female figure in the contrapposto position with one leg in front of the other and the shoulders twisted off-axis. Maillol’s sculptures are restrained, compact and harbour a density that bears testimony to his modern understanding of form. His solid shapes and defined volumes are reminiscent of Cézanne’s abstract idiom.
Anna Hyltze