L'Été sans bras explained

L’Été sans bras
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Artist:	Aristide Maillol
Height Metric:	1.63
Metric Unit:	m
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Perpignan^[1]
Coordinates:	42.7024°N 2.8964°W
Owner:	City of Perpignan

L’Été sans bras is a sculpture made by Aristide Maillol in 1911.

Design

L’Été sans bras ("without arms") is one of the versions of Maillol's L'Été. The project started as just a torso, and in successive versions a head, arms and legs were added.

The finished version (L'Été) was commission by the Russian Ivan Morozov at the beginning of the 20th century. It was one of Maillo's favourites; he said that "This piece of art is favored by Maillol who believes that 'arms hide profiles'."^[2] However, for several years the sculpture remained only as the uncompleted plasterwork L’Été sans bras in Maillol's studio.

Public domain

Like the artist's other works, L'Été sans bras has been in the public domain in France since 1 January 2015.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Venus de Milo

Notes and References

1. Web site: . "L'Eté sans bras", de Maillol, revient à Perpignan après une longue absence . 17 February 2011. LaDepeche.fr.
2. Web site: Histoire de l'Eté sans bras. mairie-perpignan.fr. fr. 20 February 2016. Mayor of Perpignan. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174606/http://www.mairie-perpignan.fr/fr/culture/ville-maillol/histoire-lete-sans-bras. dead.
3. Web site: Chrystel Chabert. Maillol dans le domaine public : la liberté oui mais pas n'importe comment ! . 8 January 2015 . culturebox.francetvinfo.fr. fr.
4. Laurent Carpentier. Un festival pour fêter la libération de Maillol et de Romain Rolland. Lemonde.fr. 16 January 2015. fr.