Staircase in Kunstmuseum Basel

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by Henk Bekker

Staircase in Kunstmuseum Basel

Staircase in Kunstmuseum Basel

From the rear: The Age of Bronze (Das eherne Zeitalter / L’âge d’airain), 1876/1880, cast in 1942 (but originally ordered by Kojiro Matsukata in 1919 (!)

Lower floor: The plaster Walking Man (Der Schreitende / L’Homme qui marche), 1907, was one of the six plaster versions produced by Rodin before the bronze sculptures were cast.

Painting:
Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) huge View Into Infinity (Blick ins Unendliche), 1913/14-16

Sculpture top right:

Aristide Maillol
Banyuls-sur-Mer/Pyrénées-Orientales 1861–1944 Banyuls-sur-Mer/Pyrénées-Orientales
Le printemps, 1910/11
Der Frühling
The Spring
Bronze
168 x 50 x 31 cm
Signiert auf der Plinthe: A. Maillol; Giesserstempel: C. Valsuani Cire perdue