Le Cycliste
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)
/ Gérard Blot
Artwork caption copied
Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)
/ Gérard Blot
Artwork caption copied
Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)
/ Gérard Blot
Artwork caption copied
Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)
/ Gérard Blot
Artwork caption copied
Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol
Le Cycliste
entre 1911 et 1914
statue en bronze
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.
Achat, 1923
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Aristide Maillol,
Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
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H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
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H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
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Le Cycliste,
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H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
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Le Cycliste,
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H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Aristide Maillol,
Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Aristide Maillol,
Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
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H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Le Cycliste,
entre 1911 et 1914,
statue en bronze,
H. 98,5 ; L. 28 ; P. 22,5 cm; pds. 23 kg.,
Achat, 1923,
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Aristide Maillol
(1861 -
1944)
Artwork not currently exhibited in the museum
This statue represents the racing cyclist Gaston Colin. Like Mediterranean and Desire, it was commissioned by the German count Harry Kessler, who was Maillol's first patron. With this statue, Kessler simply wanted to own a full-length nude portrait of his companion.
Although Maillol mainly sculpted women, his work includes three male nudes: an Athlete, a Dying Warrior and this young Cyclist with his slender body and fine muscle structure, consistent with the sport practised by Gaston Colin. Few bronze versions were cast during the artist's lifetime. Kessler's copy is now in the Kunstmuseum, Basel.
The stages that Maillol went through in developing this work, first modelled in wax, are well documented. Kessler recorded his visits to the studio in his diary and in 1907-1908 took photographs of the sculpture in progress. Its realism is disconcerting, and even the patron found it exaggerated! But the fact that the statue is smaller than life sized dispels some of the embarrassment.
