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Lot 421
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Auguste Rodin

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • MÉDITATION DITE 'DE LA PORTE'
  • inscribed A. Rodin, numbered 7/8 and 3A, and stamped with the foundry mark E. Godard Fondr. and by Musée Rodin 2003
  • bronze
  • height (including base): 49.3cm., 19 3/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, United Kingdom

Literature

Rodin, Sculptures, dessins et photographies (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, Paris, 2006, no. 15
Rodin (exhibition catalogue), Coskun Gallery, London, 2006, illustration of another cast n.p.
Antoinette le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. II, no. 6679, illustration of another cast p. 509

Condition

Attractive green patina. Apart from some light surface dirt in the crevices and surface marks consistent with time and handling, this work is in overall very good condition. Colours: overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue.
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