Lot Essay
Christina Buley-Uribe will include this drawing in her forthcoming Auguste Rodin Catalogue raisonné des dessins et peintures under no. 170201.
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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Centauresse dit le sphinx
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Centauresse dit le sphinx
inscribed 'le sphinx' (upper left)
gouache and wash, pen and ink and graphite on two overlapping sheets of paper
the top sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (14.9 x 9.5 cm.)
the bottom sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 in. (19.4 x 12.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1880
Centauresse dit le sphinx
inscribed 'le sphinx' (upper left)
gouache and wash, pen and ink and graphite on two overlapping sheets of paper
the top sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (14.9 x 9.5 cm.)
the bottom sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 in. (19.4 x 12.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1880
Provenance
Private collection, Paris.
Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd, London, by whom acquired from the above in 2002.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2003.
Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd, London, by whom acquired from the above in 2002.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2003.
Literature
L. Maillard, Auguste Rodin statuaire, Paris, 1899, p. 29 (illustrated; titled 'La Centauresse').
Exhibited
New York, Adam Williams Fine Art Ltd, Master Drawings, May 2003, no. 49 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to London, Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd, July 2003.
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