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Le baiser
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the front)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 15¾ in. (40.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1886; this bronze version cast by the Barbedienne foundry in 1898-1918
Le baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the front)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 15¾ in. (40.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1886; this bronze version cast by the Barbedienne foundry in 1898-1918
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, p. 47, nos. 91- 92 (marble version illustrated).
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 142, no. 71 (marble version illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin, sa vie, son oeuvre, son héritage, Paris, 1962, p. 49 (marble version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 62 (smaller version illustrated).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 157 and 282, nos. 78-79 (plaster version illustrated).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (marble version illustrated in color, p. 131).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100, pls. 54-55 (marble version illustrated).
L. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, no. 49 (marble version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 72, 90 and 108 (marble version illustrated, p. 77).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection de Musée Rodin, Paris, 1987, p. 184, no. 79 (marble version illustrated, p. 185).
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 142, no. 71 (marble version illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin, sa vie, son oeuvre, son héritage, Paris, 1962, p. 49 (marble version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 62 (smaller version illustrated).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 157 and 282, nos. 78-79 (plaster version illustrated).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (marble version illustrated in color, p. 131).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100, pls. 54-55 (marble version illustrated).
L. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, no. 49 (marble version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 72, 90 and 108 (marble version illustrated, p. 77).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection de Musée Rodin, Paris, 1987, p. 184, no. 79 (marble version illustrated, p. 185).
Sale room notice
Please note the provenance details for this lot:
Worldhouse Galleries, New York.
Dr. Bernard Fine, New York.
Acquired from above by the present owner, circa 1974.
Worldhouse Galleries, New York.
Dr. Bernard Fine, New York.
Acquired from above by the present owner, circa 1974.