Cleveland Museum of Art
Wave
Aristide MaillolLinkedCulture matchlcp-63469ed984b8
- Date
- 1895–98
- Medium
- wood engraving
- Culture
- France, late 19th Century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 160078
What the image shows
A woodcut print depicting a woman and a bird-like creature in a close embrace.
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The color woodcuts of Katsushika Hokusai were highly esteemed. One of his most famous prints, The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1823-31), is a striking image of an enormous cresting wave. Maillol exploited the curling water motif to achieve an energetic linear design that surrounds and cushions the nude woman but also creates a lively contrast to the large, flat white shape of her body. A precursor to Maillol's future work as a sculptor, Wave reveals the artist's interest in conveying the sensual curves of the female form. This print dates from a period when Aristide Maillol used his wife, Clotilde, as his primary model.
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- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Provenance
- H. Petiet (with stamp) | ?-1997: (Catherine E. Burns Fine Prints, Oakland, CA) | March 4, 1997: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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