''Flora, Nude'' (french: La Flore, nue) is a sculpture by French artist
Aristide Maillol
Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol (; December 8, 1861 – September 27, 1944) was a French sculptor, painter, and printmaker.Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette . "Maillol, Aristide". ''Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online''. Oxford University P ...
.
Copies
File:Aristide maillol, flora, nuda, 1910-11.jpg, Detroit Institute of Arts
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, bronze
Houston
A 1910
bronze sculpture
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is installed at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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's
Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in Houston, Texas, United States. Designed by artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi, the garden consists of 25 works o ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
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.
It was cast during 1960–1965 and gifted to the museum by Isaac Arnold, Jr. in honor of his wife, Antonette Tilly Arnold.
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See also
* 1910 in art
Events from the year 1910 in art.
Events
* April 27 – Futurist poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti issues the manifesto ''Contro Venezia passatista'' ("Against Past-loving Venice") in the Piazza San Marco.
* Robert Delaunay marries Sonia Terk.
* Br ...
* List of public art in Houston
Outdoor sculptures
* '' African Elephant'' (1982)
* Alexander Hodge Memorial
* '' Atropos Key'' (1972), Miller Outdoor Theatre
* Beer Can House
* ''Broken Obelisk'', Rothko Chapel
* '' Brownie'' (1905), Houston Zoo
* '' Bygones'' (1976), Meni ...
References
External links
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1910 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Michigan
Bronze sculptures in Texas
Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
Nude sculptures in Michigan
Nude sculptures in Texas
Sculptures by Aristide Maillol
Sculptures of the Detroit Institute of Arts
Sculptures of women in Michigan
Sculptures of women in Texas
Statues in Houston
Statues in Michigan
Works by French people
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