Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Vénus astarté, projet de miroir

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Vénus astarté, projet de miroir
signed 'A Rodin' (lower right)
plaster
Height: 55/8 in. (14.3 cm.)
Width: 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.)
Depth: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1900-1902; unique

Provenance

Claude Roger Marx, Paris (acquired directly from the artist).

Literature

"Revue de la bijouterie, joaillerie et orfèvrerie", September, 1902 (illustrated).
A. Beausire, Quand Rodin exposait, Paris, 1988, pp. 221-222, no. 103 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Paris, Grand Palais, Salon de 1902, Société Nationale Des Beaux-Arts, April 1902, no. 53 (titled Vénus astarté).

Lot Essay

This unique work was conceived as a project for a mirror designed by Auguste Rodin in association with the famous engraveur, Félix Braquemond. The plaster cast by Rodin was exhibited at the 1902 Salon Nationale des Beaux-Arts along with versions of the mirror executed in gold, ivory and enamel by Braquemond. This rare work is an important example and one of the few remaining ornamental pieces by Rodin.

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