Lot Essay
Another cast of this rare version was purchased from the artist in 1897 for the Dresden Albertinum Museum.
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Torse d'homme dit 'Nouveau modèle'
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Torse d'homme dit 'Nouveau modèle'
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 105/8 in. (27 cm.)
Conceived circa 1885; this bronze version cast before 1900, probably by Griffoul & Lorge
Torse d'homme dit 'Nouveau modèle'
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 105/8 in. (27 cm.)
Conceived circa 1885; this bronze version cast before 1900, probably by Griffoul & Lorge
Provenance
Eugène Rudier, Paris (before 1952).
Mme Eugène Rudier, Paris (before 1957).
Jean-Claude Dondel, Paris (bequest from the estate of the above); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 June 1988, lot 54.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Mme Eugène Rudier, Paris (before 1957).
Jean-Claude Dondel, Paris (bequest from the estate of the above); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 June 1988, lot 54.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 266, no. 40 (plaster version illustrated, p. 269).