Man and Woman
Aristide Maillol
French, 1861–1944
(1895)
A lithograph by Aristide Maillol showing a nude man and woman seated beneath trees, where the artist uses spare, flowing line to suggest timeless, sculptural calm.
Your eye is first caught by the steady, sinuous contours—the simplified, almost carved bodies and the repeating curves of limbs and trunks create a quiet, balanced, almost decorative tableau.
Made early in Maillol’s career, the print signals his move toward classical restraint and purified form that anticipated and helped shape his influential modern sculptural style, privileging line and volume over ornament.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
composition: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2" (24.1 x 31.8 cm)
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Department
Credit
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession
407.1940
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