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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Suzon
signed 'A.Rodin' and inscribed and stamped with the foundry mark 'ALC Cie des Bronzes de Bruxelles' (on the back of the base)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height (inc. base): 9¾in. (24.7cm.)
Conceived in 1872; this version cast between 1872 and 1939 by the Compagnie des Bronzes de Bruxelles
Suzon
signed 'A.Rodin' and inscribed and stamped with the foundry mark 'ALC Cie des Bronzes de Bruxelles' (on the back of the base)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height (inc. base): 9¾in. (24.7cm.)
Conceived in 1872; this version cast between 1872 and 1939 by the Compagnie des Bronzes de Bruxelles
Provenance
Acquired by the family of the present owner in Brussels in the 1910s.
Literature
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 206.
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 46 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 85.
J. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 106-2 (another cast illustrated p. 582).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 46 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 85.
J. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 106-2 (another cast illustrated p. 582).
Special notice
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