Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Baigneuse accroupie sans bras ni pieds, Grand modèle

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Baigneuse accroupie sans bras ni pieds, Grand modèle
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No 4' (on the back of the right leg); inscribed and dated '.© Musée Rodin. 1965' (on the underside); inscribed with foundry mark 'Georges. Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.' (on the underside of the left leg)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1900; this bronze version cast in 1965

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London (acquired from the above, July 1965).

Literature

J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 252, no. 34-3 (another cast illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. I, pp. 151-152, no. S. 644 (another cast illustrated, p. 151).

Sale Room Notice

Please note the additional provenance for this work:
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London (acquired from the above, July 1965).

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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 2013-4126B.

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