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.
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Credit Line:Purchase, Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Gift of A. Conger Goodyear
Accession Number:53.140.9
Signature: On base behind right leg: A MAILLOL
A.C. Goodyear , New York (1925–29); to MoMA ; Museum of Modern Art, New York ; sold to MMA
Buffalo. Albright Art Gallery. "Maillol," 1925–1926.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Aristide Maillol: sculpture," March 13, 1930–April 2, 1930.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Living artists," November 1931–January 1932.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Modern Works of Art," 1934.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Sculpture of Our Time," November 1937–December 1937.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Art In Our Time," 1939.
Boston. Institute of Modern Art. "Despiau-Maillol," January 1939–February 1939.
Buffalo. Albright Art Gallery. "Aristide Maillol," 1945.
Tokyo National Museum. "Treasured Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," August 10, 1972–October 1, 1972.
London. Hayward Gallery. "Pioneers of Modern Sculpture," July 20, 1973–September 23, 1973.
Athens. National Pinakothiki, Alexander Soutzos Museum. "Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Memories and Revivals of the Classical Spirit," September 24–December 31, 1979.
Bordeaux. Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux. "Profil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York: de Ramsès à Picasso," May 15, 1981–September 1, 1981.
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