Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Petite Ombre de la Porte de l'enfer dite aussi Petite Ombre, no. 1

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Petite Ombre de la Porte de l'enfer dite aussi Petite Ombre, no. 1
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); inscribed and dated 'C by Musée Rodin 1965' (on the right side of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1885; this bronze version cast in 1965

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Galerie Europe, Paris (acquired from the above, May 1965).
Pace Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, June 1965).
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1965.

Literature

I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 90.
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 130 (another cast illustrated, p. 132, fig. 5-2).
A.E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, A Photographic Record of Sculpture in the Making, Oxford, 1980, p. 22 (another cast illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. II, p. 574 (another cast illustrated, p. 573, figs. 11-13; titled Small Shade No. 1).

Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2011-3612B.

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