Lot 435
  • 435

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • MÉDITATION DITE 'DE LA PORTE'
  • inscribed A. Rodin, numbered 5/8 and 3A and inscribed with the foundry mark E Godard Fondeur Paris and © By the Musée Rodin 2000
  • bronze
  • height: 50cm., 19 7/8 in.

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris
Coskun Fine Art, London (acquired from the above in 2002)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in November 2002 

Exhibited

London, Nevill Keating Tollemache, Auguste Rodin, Sculpture, Drawings & Photographs, 2005, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, Rodin, Sculptures, dessins et photographies, 2006, no. 15

Condition

Rich dark brown patina. This work is in very good condition.
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