Null Raymond DUCHAMP-VILLON (1876-1918)

Little Maggy 

Wax head.

Probably 1912…
Description

Raymond DUCHAMP-VILLON (1876-1918) Little Maggy Wax head. Probably 1912. Bears an old maritime customs label (?) and two labels bearing the n° 43. H.34 cm including cast iron pedestal H. 5 cm RELATED WORKS : Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918), Maggy, model created in 1912, cast in 1948 Lost wax bronze, 71 x 33 x 41 cm, Fonderie Valsuani), Paris, Musée national d'art moderne Centre Pompidou, Inv. N. AM 866 S; Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918), Maggy, model created in 1912, cast in 1954, dim. 74 x 33.3 x 40.6 cm, New York, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, no. 57.1464; Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918), Petite Maggy (premier état), 1912, bronze, 31 x 11 x 16.6 cm, Paris, private collection; Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918), Maggy, 1912, plaster, 72 x 34 cm, Dina Vierny Collection. RELATED LITERATURE : George Heard Hamilton & William C. Agee, Raymond Duchamp Villon, New York, 1967, no. 17, p. 62; Musée de Rouen, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Rouen, Musée des beaux-arts, 1976; Duchamp-Villon, cat. expo, Tokoro Gallery, Tokyo, 1979, p. 41; Marcel Duchamp et ses frères, cat. expo, Galerie Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Paris, 1987, p.191. Little Maggy is one of the studies preceding the realization in 1912 of the bust Maggy, portrait of Mrs Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes by the artist Duchamp-Villon. This self-taught artist, who belonged to the Duchamp family, exhibited in numerous salons from the beginning of the 20th century, was appointed member of the jury for the sculpture section of the 1907 Salon d'automne and played a leading role in the advent of Cubism. Passionate about anatomy, he tends here, in this preparatory wax study, to simplify the face of this woman while amplifying her features. The 1912 plaster of Maggy was later used as a model for several bronze editions.

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Raymond DUCHAMP-VILLON (1876-1918) Little Maggy Wax head. Probably 1912. Bears an old maritime customs label (?) and two labels bearing the n° 43. H.34 cm including cast iron pedestal H. 5 cm RELATED WORKS : Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918), Maggy, model created in 1912, cast in 1948 Lost wax bronze, 71 x 33 x 41 cm, Fonderie Valsuani), Paris, Musée national d'art moderne Centre Pompidou, Inv. N. AM 866 S; Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918), Maggy, model created in 1912, cast in 1954, dim. 74 x 33.3 x 40.6 cm, New York, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, no. 57.1464; Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918), Petite Maggy (premier état), 1912, bronze, 31 x 11 x 16.6 cm, Paris, private collection; Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918), Maggy, 1912, plaster, 72 x 34 cm, Dina Vierny Collection. RELATED LITERATURE : George Heard Hamilton & William C. Agee, Raymond Duchamp Villon, New York, 1967, no. 17, p. 62; Musée de Rouen, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Rouen, Musée des beaux-arts, 1976; Duchamp-Villon, cat. expo, Tokoro Gallery, Tokyo, 1979, p. 41; Marcel Duchamp et ses frères, cat. expo, Galerie Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Paris, 1987, p.191. Little Maggy is one of the studies preceding the realization in 1912 of the bust Maggy, portrait of Mrs Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes by the artist Duchamp-Villon. This self-taught artist, who belonged to the Duchamp family, exhibited in numerous salons from the beginning of the 20th century, was appointed member of the jury for the sculpture section of the 1907 Salon d'automne and played a leading role in the advent of Cubism. Passionate about anatomy, he tends here, in this preparatory wax study, to simplify the face of this woman while amplifying her features. The 1912 plaster of Maggy was later used as a model for several bronze editions.

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