Lot 412
  • 412

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • Étude pour Galatée, version sans tête, sans bras gauche ni jambe gauche
  • inscribed A. Rodin and numbered and stamped with the foundry mark E. Godard Fondeur and ©By Musée Rodin 1981
  • bronze
  • height: 28cm., 11in.

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris
Private Collection (acquired from the above in October 1985)
A gift from the above to the present owner in 2009

Literature

Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. II, no. S.797, illustration of another cast p. 392

Condition

Attractive black/dark brown patina. Some dust in the crevices consistent with time and handling. This work is in overall very good condition.
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