Lot 361
  • 361

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • Jean D'Aire
  • Inscribed A. Rodin, with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris and stamped with the raised signature A. Rodin (on the interior)
  • Bronze
  • Height: 18 3/8 in.
  • 46.7 cm

Provenance

Knoedler & Co., New York
Blair Laing Gallery, Toronto (probably)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, illustration of another cast p. 220

Condition

Green-brown patina. Some rubbing to the patina at the tip of the figure's nose, knuckles and top of the head. A few areas of oxidation in the deeper crevices. Work is in very good condition.
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