Seated Woman

Artist Manolo (Manuel Martinez Hugué) (Spanish, 1872 - 1945)

Date1912

MediumBronze bas-relief

DimensionsOverall: 13 x 13 3/4 x 2 1/8in. (33 x 34.9 x 5.4cm)

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Terms

Object number63.92

Description

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Label TextSeated Woman shows a figure awkwardly posed on the ground, with her left arm supporting her weight, while her right arm crosses her raised right leg. Dating from 1912, it is the earliest of many variants Manolo made on this theme, which was inspired by the work of French Catalan sculptor Aristide Maillol. Maillol lived in the fishing village of Banyuls, near Céret, and Manolo knew him well. Manolo also fell under the spell of Picasso for a period when he joined Manolo in Céret in the summers of 1911 and 1912. Manolo said that he did not understand Cubism, but he experimented with the style in a handful of works. In Seated Woman, the way in which the woman's torso faces us, while her left leg twists under her in a pose befitting a circus contortionist, shows Manolo's interest in (but not submission to) the multiple viewpoints of Cubism. Patrick Elliot 2005