Lot Essay
This work is recorded in the Musée Rodin's archives under number 2503.
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE GEORGE GREGSON
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
La toilette de Vénus
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
La toilette de Vénus
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the side), inscribed 'c by Musée Rodin 1969' and 'Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the side of the base), and with the raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with a dark brown patina
18¼ in. (46.4 cm.) high
Conceived circa 1885 and cast in an edition of twelve, the present work cast in 1969
La toilette de Vénus
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the side), inscribed 'c by Musée Rodin 1969' and 'Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the side of the base), and with the raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with a dark brown patina
18¼ in. (46.4 cm.) high
Conceived circa 1885 and cast in an edition of twelve, the present work cast in 1969
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris (1969).
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 159.
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 232-3 (other casts illustrated).
J. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 168 (a limestone version illustrated fig. 11-4, p. 170).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 232-3 (other casts illustrated).
J. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 168 (a limestone version illustrated fig. 11-4, p. 170).