Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'Homme au Nez cassé
marked on the base and again on the inside A. Rodin, bronze with green patina
11 7/8in. (30.2cm.) high
Conceived in 1864 and cast at a later date
L'Homme au Nez cassé
marked on the base and again on the inside A. Rodin, bronze with green patina
11 7/8in. (30.2cm.) high
Conceived in 1864 and cast at a later date
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole, London
Sam Saltz, New York, from whom bought in 1937 by the present owner's great uncle
Sam Saltz, New York, from whom bought in 1937 by the present owner's great uncle
Literature
I. Jianou & C. Goldschneider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 83 (illustration of another cast pl. 5)
R. Descharnes & J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, pp. 28-29 (illustration of the bronze in the Musée Rodin)
J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 477 (illustration of the bronze in the Fogg Art Museum, Massachusetts, no. 79-2)
R. Descharnes & J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, pp. 28-29 (illustration of the bronze in the Musée Rodin)
J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 477 (illustration of the bronze in the Fogg Art Museum, Massachusetts, no. 79-2)
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of the Collection of the late Sir Hugh Walpole, 1945