Portrait of a Young Woman (Profil de jeune fille)
Medium
lithograph on yellow paper
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in memory of John Bonebrake
Accession Number
2011.173
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About this artwork
This work depicting a young woman in profile is one of only a few impressions that Aristide Maillol printed on yellow paper. The sheet’s bright tone became a compositional element, allowing it to complement and contrast with the stark black lines the artist drew with lithographic crayon. Maillol was deeply influenced by an exhibition of prints on the same color of paper by Paul Gauguin at the 1889 Universal Exposition, and he made this work shortly after. The image’s border, heavy outlines, and ...