Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Tête de Balzac, derniere état, version au col coupé derrière l'oreille

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de Balzac, derniere état, version au col coupé derrière l'oreille
signed, inscribed, dated and inscribed with foundry mark 'A. Rodin © by musée Rodin 1957 .Georges Rudier..Fondeur. Paris.' (on the back); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.)
Conceived circa 1897; this bronze version cast in 1957

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
M.G. Comarain, Paris (acquired from the above, May 1957).
Edgardo Acosta Gallery, Los Angeles (1961).
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1961.

Literature

A.T. Spear, Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1967, p. 91, no. IV (W) (another cast illustrated, pl. 27 and on the cover).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin's Art, The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, New York, 2003, p. 375 (another cast illustrated, fig. 321).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. I, p. 177, no. S. 765 (another cast illustrated).

Brought to you by

David Kleiweg de Zwaan

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

dkleiweg@christies.com Tel: + 1 212 636 2093

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

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 2012-3999B.

More from Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale

View All