Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Figure féminine de l’Eternelle Idole, petit modèle

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Figure féminine de l’Eternelle Idole, petit modèle
signed, numbered, dated and inscribed 'A. Rodin No 4 1960 © by Musée Rodin' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark '.Georges Rudier. .Fondeur Paris.' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1882; this bronze version cast in 1960

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above, October 1960).
Private collection, New York.
Gift from the above to the present owners, circa 1986.

Literature

A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. I, p. 328 (another cast illustrated).

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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 2016-4839B.

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