Lot 363
  • 363

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • Balzac, étude type C (buste), 1ère version, petit modèle
  • Inscribed A Rodin and with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier. Fondeur Paris.; stamped with the raised signature A. Rodin (on the interior)
  • Bronze
  • Height (not including base): 6 3/8 in.
  • 16 cm

Provenance

Galerie Haussmann, Paris (M. Gustave Danthon)
Antonio Santamarina, Buenos Aires (acquired before 1934 and sold: Adolfo Bullrich Y Cia, Buenos Aires, October 3-5, 1955, lot 100)
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Rodin, 1934, no. 39

Literature

Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, no. S.1578, illustrations of other versions pp. 168-69

Condition

Black patina with greenish undertones. The work is screwed to a stone base a one point on the underside. There are scattered spots of accretion particularly on the top of the figure's head, around the eyes and along the neck. There is a small area of patina loss at the center of the figure's chest. The work would benefit form a light cleaning. This work is in generally good condition.
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