Balzac en robe de dominicain

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Balzac en robe de dominicain
signed and numbered 'A.Rodin No. 3' (at the lower right on the robe); inscribed '© by musée Rodin 1973.' (on the right of the base); with the foundry mark '.Georges Rudier.Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back of the base); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 41 3/8 in. (105 cm.)
Conceived circa 1893 and cast by Georges Rudier in an edition of twelve between 1971 and 1983; this bronze cast in 1973

Literature

B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, no. 91, (plaster illustrated p. 182).
R. Descharnes & J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, (plaster illustrated p. 170).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, (another cast illustrated p. 105).
J. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, (plaster illustrated p. 438).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. 1, Paris, 2007, (another cast illustrated p. 171).

Special Notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2009-2841B.

More from Impressionist/Modern Day Sale

View All