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Baigneuse
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Female Bather
Baigneuse
French (?)
late 19th or early 20th century
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Stone; Marble
Dimensions
52.07 cm (20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2206
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBaigneuse: standing figure of woman, left arm extended and resting on column, right hand supporting material which is draped around left hip, slightly bent figure looking downwards toward right.
ProvenanceWith Sir Richard Wallace (b. 1818 - d. 1890), London and Paris; gift of Wallace to Frederic Spitzer (b. 1815 - d. 1890), Paris; by descent to his daughters Madame La Baronne Coche de la Ferte (née Catherine Spitzer) and Madame Augustin Rey de Villette (née Marguerite Spitzer), Paris; January 9-12, 1929, Frederic Spitzer Collection sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, lot 548, sold to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)