Torso of Ile de France

Aristide Maillol

modeled before 1921, cast before 1925 · Bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The Ile de France began its existence as a torso. There were, in fact, three separate versions of it between 1907 and 1921. Only in 1925 did Maillol feel it necessary to add the extremities to create the final Ile de France, perhaps best understood as an augmentation rather than a completion of the earlier torso.

Artist

Aristide Maillol

Date

modeled before 1921, cast before 1925

Medium

Bronze

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Gift of A. Conger Goodyear