La Rivière (Maillol) Explained

La Rivière
Artist:	Aristide Maillol
Year:	1938-39; completed 1943
Type:	lead
Height Metric:	136.5
Width Imperial:	90
Length Imperial:	66
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	various

La Rivière (The River) is a lead or bronze sculpture by Aristide Maillol.^[1]

Location

There are examples at the Carrousel Garden^[2] in Paris; Citygarden^[3] in St. Louis, Missouri; the Museum of Modern Art^[4] in New York City; the Norton Simon Museum^[5] in Pasadena; Kunsthalle Hamburg,^[6] Hamburg; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;^[7] and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia,^[8] among others held in private collections. A version is also located in the Talacker neighborhood of Zürich.

External links

• wtfArtHistory.com: "A river stabbed in the back, La Rivière by Aristide Maillol"

48.8619°N 2.3319°W

Notes and References

1. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=136V63805TD82.3743&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!426173~!12&ri=3&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=+maillol&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=3&limitbox_1=LO01+=+ias "The River, (sculpture)."
2. Web site: Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Oeuvre. www.musee-orsay.fr.
3. Web site: Aristide Maillol - Citygarden. May 17, 2024.
4. Web site: MoMA | the Collection | Aristide Maillol. The River. Begun 1938-39; completed 1943 (Cast 1948) . 2013-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121114062305/http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=81798 . 2012-11-14 . dead .
5. Web site: Search the Collection » Norton Simon Museum. www.nortonsimon.org.
6. Web site: artomaniak: Kunst-Stück der Woche: Aristide Maillol - Der Fluss. Oder: Wie man im Alltag über Kunst stolpern kann.. October 30, 2012.
7. Web site: La Rivière (The River), All Works, MFAH Collections. May 17, 2024.
8. Web site: La Riviere (Primary Title) – (70.16) – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. May 17, 2024.