Lot 416
  • 416

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • Torse de jeune femme combrée, petit modèle
  • Inscribed A. Rodin, numbered No. 11, dated © By musée Rodin 1964 and inscribed with the foundry mark Georges Rudier. Fondeur. Paris.; stamped with the raised signature A. Rodin (on the interior)
  • Bronze
  • Height: 9 in.
  • 22.8 cm

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above in November 1967)
Private Collection, Montreal
Biferali Fine Art, Montreal
Sale: Bonham's, New York, May 6, 2014, lot 13
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. II, Paris, 2007, illustration of another cast p. 690

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is a mottled green and brown patina. The work is mounted on a black stone base. There is some minor surface dirt in crevices around base. There is light patina rubbing to figure's hips. Otherwise fine.
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