Lot 86
86
P. CHOUMOFF

Details
P. CHOUMOFF

Auguste Rodin, Selected Images

100 photographs, the majority gelatin silver, a few copy prints. 1912-17. 2 signed in the negative; 26 signed, each titled in ink, some annotated Paris on the recto or in the margin; each with copyright credit Faubourg St. Jacques stamp on the verso. Each approximately 8¾ x 6 5/8in. and the reverse. (100)
Provenance
From the photographer to the current owner, a Russian emigré family living in Paris, in the 1940s.

Lot Essay

The images include portraits of Rodin posing alone, with his wife, with family and friends, on his deathbed, at his wake, at his funeral, the tomb, the Rodin Museum, and studies of various sculptures including Balzac, Le Penseur, Victor Hugo, Piéta, et al.