Night (La Nuit) — Aristide Maillol, Dallas
Aristide Maillol · modelled 1902–09, cast 1960 · Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Photo: Rrwagner59 via Wikimedia Commons, 14 July 2018 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Artwork featured in the Street Art Utopia post “Cute or Creepy? (12 Photos)”. Full photograph shown; resized for display.
The seated bronze in “Sad Together” is Aristide Maillol’s Night (La Nuit): a woman with her knees drawn up and her head buried in her folded arms, modelled in 1902–09 and cast in 1960, in the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection in Dallas. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record · Rrwagner59 photo, 14 Jul 2018 Checked The same cast was photographed on a stone ledge in the Nasher Sculpture Center garden on 14 July 2018, the setting where the little girl in the post copies its pose. Rrwagner59 photo, 14 Jul 2018 · The Cultural Landscape Foundation Checked
4 things to know
- Its title is NightThe museum’s record names the bronze Night (La Nuit). “Sad Together” is only the heading of the Street Art Utopia photo. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- Modelled early, cast laterMaillol modelled the figure in 1902–09; this bronze was cast in 1960. The base carries a circled “M”, the inscription “E.A.” and the foundry mark “Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris”. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- From Paris to DallasThe record traces it from the artist to Mrs. Dina Vierny, Paris, and Galerie Beyeler, before it joined the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection in 1982. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- Gallery and gardenDees Stribling photographed it indoors at the Nasher in September 2013; in July 2018 Rrwagner59 found it outside, on a stone ledge in the garden. Dees Stribling, Been There, Seen That · Rrwagner59 photo, 14 Jul 2018 Checked
Check-in guide
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- Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
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- The garden, designed by Peter Walker and opened in 2003, is an open-air gallery surrounded by high travertine walls, with weeping willows and rectangular pools with jets. The bronze has also been shown indoors, so it may not be in the garden when you visit. The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Dees Stribling, Sep 2013 visit Checked
Sightings
- 1982
Joins the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection · Nasher record
- 2013Sep
Photographed indoors at the Nasher · Dees Stribling
- 201814 Jul
Photographed in the Nasher garden · Rrwagner59
- 201815 Sep
Listed in Foundations: The Nature of Arp, to 6 Jan 2019 · Nasher record
Every stamp links to its source. Green stamps are dated photographs of the bronze at the Nasher: indoors in September 2013, and in the garden on 14 July 2018, which sets the status stamp. Amber stamps are the museum’s records: the 1982 acquisition and the listing in an exhibition that ran to 6 January 2019.
On the record
Downtown Dallas Sculpture, 2013
“Ten years ago this month I was in Texas, including downtown Dallas. I visited the Nasher Sculpture Center then”
The line above his photo of the bronze: “La Nuit” (ca. 1902-09) by Aristide Maillol.
The facts
- Title
- Night (La Nuit). Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- Artist
- Aristide Maillol. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record · Rrwagner59 photo, 14 Jul 2018 Checked
- Year
- Modelled 1902–09; this bronze cast in 1960. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- Medium
- Bronze, with the foundry mark “Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris”. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- Size
- 104.1 × 106.7 × 57.2 cm (41 × 42 × 22 1/2 in.). Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- Collection
- Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Dallas, Texas, 1982. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- Place
- Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas, USA. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- Which cast
- Night exists in several casts, among them ones in Paris (Jardin du Carrousel), Stuttgart, Tokyo and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The post photo’s setting, a stone ledge with a long pool with jets, weeping willows and travertine walls behind, matches the Nasher garden and Rrwagner59’s 2018 photograph of this cast. Wikimedia Commons: Night – Aristide Maillol · Rrwagner59 photo, 14 Jul 2018 · The Cultural Landscape Foundation Checked
- Status
- Photographed in the Nasher garden on 14 July 2018, and listed in the exhibition Foundations: The Nature of Arp, 15 September 2018 to 6 January 2019. Rrwagner59 photo, 14 Jul 2018 · Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Checked
- On view now
- We found no dated source after January 2019 showing where the bronze is displayed today, indoors or in the garden. Nasher Sculpture Center, object record Unconfirmed
- Our photo
- Rrwagner59, 14 July 2018, CC BY-SA 4.0. Rrwagner59 photo, 14 Jul 2018 Checked
Related
- Cute or Creepy? (12 Photos): the SAU collection with “Sad Together”, the little girl copying Night’s pose
All sources (6)
Official records
- Nasher Sculpture Center: Aristide Maillol, Night (La Nuit), 1902-09 (cast 1960), undated object record. Bronze, 104.1 × 106.7 × 57.2 cm; inscriptions and Georges Rudier foundry mark; provenance from the artist and Dina Vierny to the Nasher Collection, 1982; exhibition Foundations: The Nature of Arp, 15 September 2018 to 6 January 2019.
Press and guides
- The Cultural Landscape Foundation: Nasher Sculpture Garden, Dallas, TX, undated. Peter Walker’s garden, opened 2003: travertine walls, weeping willows, rectangular pools with jets.
- Dees Stribling, Been There, Seen That: “Downtown Dallas Sculpture, 2013”, 17 September 2023. Photographs from a September 2013 visit, including “La Nuit” (ca. 1902-09) by Aristide Maillol indoors at the Nasher.
Photos
- Wikimedia Commons: Rrwagner59, “Maillol La Nuit Nasher”, taken 14 July 2018. “La Nuit. c. 1902-09 (cast 1960). Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas.” CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Wikimedia Commons: Category “Night – Aristide Maillol”. Photographs of other casts, in Paris, Stuttgart, Tokyo and New York.
Street Art Utopia
- Street Art Utopia: Cute or Creepy? (12 Photos), 19 October 2026. The SAU post with the “Sad Together” photo.
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