Lot 388
  • 388

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • L'Un des Bourgeois de Calais: Tête de Jean de Fiennes, version définitive
  • Inscribed A. Rodin and with the foundry mark E. Godard Fondr, numbered No 7/8 and dated © By Musée Rodin 1984
  • Bronze
  • Height (not including base): 12 3/4 in.
  • 32.2 cm

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above in May 1989)
Rod Steiger, Los Angeles (acquired from the above on November 6, 1989 and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 8, 2003, lot 224)
Acquired at the above sale

Literature

Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, no. S. 1381, illustration of another cast p. 226

Condition

Black patina. Affixed to a base at one point along the bottom. Minor surface dirt has accumulated in the deeper crevices consistent with age. This work is in very good condition.
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