Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Grande main crispée
signed on the front of the base A. Rodin, inscribed on the back of the base .ALEXIS RUDIER. .Fondeur. PARIS--bronze with brown patina
Height: 18 3/8in. (46.7cm.)
Original plaster version executed 1884-1886; this bronze version cast at a later date
Grande main crispée
signed on the front of the base A. Rodin, inscribed on the back of the base .ALEXIS RUDIER. .Fondeur. PARIS--bronze with brown patina
Height: 18 3/8in. (46.7cm.)
Original plaster version executed 1884-1886; this bronze version cast at a later date
Literature
C. Mauclair, L'oeuvre de Rodin, Paris, 1900, pp. 30-32 (another cast illustrated)
F.G. Watkins, Rodin Museum of Philadelphia, 1929, no. 29
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 80 (cf. illustration of right hand)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 94
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 120 (another cast illustrated, p. 619)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, 1981, nos. 182-185 (another cast illustrated, p. 223)
F.G. Watkins, Rodin Museum of Philadelphia, 1929, no. 29
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 80 (cf. illustration of right hand)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 94
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 120 (another cast illustrated, p. 619)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, 1981, nos. 182-185 (another cast illustrated, p. 223)