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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LUCILLE ELLIS SIMON
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Torse d'Adèle
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Torse d'Adèle
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front); inscribed with foundry mark '.ALEXIS RUDIER..FONDEUR. PARIS.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Length: 175/8 in. (44.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1882; this bronze version cast before 1952
Torse d'Adèle
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front); inscribed with foundry mark '.ALEXIS RUDIER..FONDEUR. PARIS.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Length: 175/8 in. (44.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1882; this bronze version cast before 1952
Provenance
Charles E. Slatkin, Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Norton Simon, Los Angeles (acquired from the above, 1965). Lucille Ellis Simon, Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Norton Simon, Los Angeles (acquired from the above, 1965). Lucille Ellis Simon, Los Angeles.
Literature
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 141, no. 48 (plaster version illustrated, p. 48).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 80 (plaster version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 247, no. 32-I (plaster version illustrated, p. 246).
C. Lambert, Rodin, Sculpture & Drawings, London, 1986, no. 42 (another cast illustrated, p. 23).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 80 (plaster version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 247, no. 32-I (plaster version illustrated, p. 246).
C. Lambert, Rodin, Sculpture & Drawings, London, 1986, no. 42 (another cast illustrated, p. 23).
Exhibited
New York, Charles E. Slatkin, Inc., May-June 1963.