Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Etude de main dite no. 17

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Etude de main dite no. 17
signed 'A.Rodin' and inscribed with the foundry mark 'G.Rudier. .Fond.Paris.' (on the lower edge)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.)
Conceived circa 1900-1910; this cast executed in 1965

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, acquired from the above in July 1966.
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin J. Curkin, New Jersey, by whom acquired from the above in July 1967, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited

Montreal, Dominion Gallery, Cinquantenaire de la mort d'Auguste Rodin, May - June 1967, no. 65, p. 42 (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 2017-5635B.

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