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Masque de l'homme au nez cassé
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Masque de l'homme au nez cassé
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the neck); inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the left side of the neck)
bronze with black patina
Height: 10 in. (25.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1863-1864; this bronze version cast before 1952
Masque de l'homme au nez cassé
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the neck); inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the left side of the neck)
bronze with black patina
Height: 10 in. (25.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1863-1864; this bronze version cast before 1952
Provenance
Roland, Browse and Delbanco Gallery, London.
Michael Ayrton, Essex (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, 1975.
Michael Ayrton, Essex (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, 1975.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1929, p. 26, no. 3 (another cast illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 106 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 83.
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 28 (another cast illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, p. 106 (another cast illustrated). J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 473-479, nos. 79 and 79-2 (other casts illustrated), no. 79-1 (plaster version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 106 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 83.
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 28 (another cast illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, p. 106 (another cast illustrated). J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 473-479, nos. 79 and 79-2 (other casts illustrated), no. 79-1 (plaster version illustrated).