Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Le baiser
signed on the right side Rodin, inscribed on the left side of the base F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur.--bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Original version executed circa 1886; this bronze version cast between 1898 and 1918 in an edition of 95
Le baiser
signed on the right side Rodin, inscribed on the left side of the base F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur.--bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Original version executed circa 1886; this bronze version cast between 1898 and 1918 in an edition of 95
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 166 (marble version illustrated, p. 58)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 131 (marble version illustrated)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (marble version illustrated, pls. 54-55)
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 77 (marble version illustrated)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 131 (marble version illustrated)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (marble version illustrated, pls. 54-55)
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 77 (marble version illustrated)