AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

Main gauche de pianiste, grand modèle

Details

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Main gauche de pianiste, grand modèle
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No 5' (on the outer wrist); inscribed with foundry mark '.Georges. Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.' (on the inner wrist); inscribed and dated '© by Musée Rodin 1967' (on the underside)
bronze with green and black patina
Height: 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.)
Length: 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.)
Conceived circa 1890-1895; this bronze version cast in 1967

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London (acquired from the above, October 1967).
Private collection, Australia (acquired from the above).
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1970-1975.

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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 2013-4250B.

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