Lot Essay
This work is a combination of the large Clenched Hand and Despairing Adolescent, a rough model made in 1882 for one of Ugolino's sons.
Main crispée et figure implorante
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Main crispée et figure implorante
signed and numbered 'A.Rodin No.3', inscribed 'c BY A.RODIN' and 'E.GODARD Fondeur Paris' (on the side of the base)
bronze with black patina
17½ in. (44.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1890-1900 and cast in 1970 in a numbered edition of twelve plus one proof for the collection of the Musée Rodin.
Main crispée et figure implorante
signed and numbered 'A.Rodin No.3', inscribed 'c BY A.RODIN' and 'E.GODARD Fondeur Paris' (on the side of the base)
bronze with black patina
17½ in. (44.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1890-1900 and cast in 1970 in a numbered edition of twelve plus one proof for the collection of the Musée Rodin.
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Literature
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, London, 1967 (the plaster version illustrated p. 229).
London, Hayward Gallery, Rodin, Sculptures and drawings, Jan.-Apr. 1970, no. 84 (another cast illustrated pl. 1).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Rodin, May-Oct. 1984, no. 71 (another cast illustrated p. 116).
London, Hayward Gallery, Rodin, Sculptures and drawings, Jan.-Apr. 1970, no. 84 (another cast illustrated pl. 1).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Rodin, May-Oct. 1984, no. 71 (another cast illustrated p. 116).