Portrait of a Young Woman (Profil de jeune fille) (c. 1893): Art, History and Details

Portrait of a Young Woman (Profil de jeune fille) (c. 1893) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Aristide Maillol (French, 1861–1944).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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 linear style resemble tapestry, a medium Maillol had also begun to work with at this time.

Object facts

• Title: Portrait of a Young Woman (Profil de jeune fille)
• Date: c. 1893
• Creator attribution: Aristide Maillol (French, 1861–1944)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph on yellow paper
• Dimensions: Sheet: 36 x 27.9 cm (14 3/16 x 11 in.); Image: 31.1 x 24.2 cm (12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2011.173

Collection credit

Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in memory of John Bonebrake

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