{"product_id":"maxime-filt-terracotta-sculpture","title":"Patinated Plaster Woman by Maxime Fillon (1920-2003)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatinated Plaster Woman by Maxime Fillon (1920-2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaster in faux bronze finish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSigned to the Base\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe figure standing in strict frontality upon a shaped rectangular integral base, the arms pendant and close to the body, the weight distributed evenly across both legs in a pose of quiet, archaic stillness. The broadly modelled face, framed by long straight hair falling to the shoulders, regards the viewer with an expression of serene impassivity — wide-set eyes beneath a smooth brow, the features simplified to their essential geometry without sacrificing humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe body, generously proportioned with full hips and rounded abdomen, is rendered with the direct, unhurried touch of a sculptor working from close observation, the tool marks deliberately preserved across the surface, lending the figure a raw, tactile vitality. The whole is finished in a deep dark brown patina, the underlying warm terracotta breaking through at the extremities and base, enriching the surface with tonal variation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e The present work is characteristic of Fillon's mature sculptural output — rooted in the humanist figurative tradition of inter-war French sculpture yet inflected by the primitivising tendency that distinguished a generation shaped by the twin influences of Maillol's monumental femininity and the archaic directness of pre-classical Mediterranean sculpture. The strict frontal pose, recalling the \u003cem\u003ekouros\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ekore\u003c\/em\u003e tradition of ancient Greece as much as it anticipates the folk-inflected modernism of artists such as Camille Claudel's successors, lends the figure a timeless, votive quality that transcends its mid-twentieth century moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"0","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41511634010167,"sku":"VS1938","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2322\/8433\/files\/VS19385438_cfb27cd0-8131-409f-8cd2-80d5f71ac54b.jpg?v=1775385105","url":"https:\/\/thevaultsydney.com\/products\/maxime-filt-terracotta-sculpture","provider":"The Vault Sydney","version":"1.0","type":"link"}