Torse féminin assis, petit modèle dit aussi "Torse assis type B"

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Torse féminin assis, petit modèle dit aussi "Torse assis type B"
signed, numbered, inscribed with foundry mark, inscribed and dated 'A. Rodin No. 10 .Georges Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.© by Musee Rodin 1960' (on the underside)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 3½ in. (8.9 cm.)
Conceived circa 1889; this bronze version cast in 1960

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above, October 1960).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1967.

Literature

A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. II, pp. 687-688, no. S. 230 (another cast illustrated, p. 687).

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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 2012-3978B.

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