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Property formerly from the Jean Limet Collection
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Pierre de Wiessant, réduction
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Pierre de Wiessant, réduction
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 17¾ in. (45.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1895; this reduced version conceived in 1898; this bronze version cast before 1917
Pierre de Wiessant, réduction
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 17¾ in. (45.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1895; this reduced version conceived in 1898; this bronze version cast before 1917
Provenance
Jean Limet, Paris (probably acquired from the artist between 1902-1917).
By descent from the above to the previous owner.
By descent from the above to the previous owner.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, pp. 51-53, nos. 110-115 (complete monumental plaster version illustrated, p. 52).
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 167c (plaster version illustrated, p. 60).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 69-102, no. 21 (complete monumental version illustrated).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, pp. 106-117 (complete monumental bronze version illustrated, p. 114).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 97 (complete monumental bronze version illustrated, pl. 41).
L. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, p. 119 (another cast illustrated, pl. 39; monumental plaster version illustrated, pl. 38).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 376-402, no. 67-69-13 (another cast illustrated, p. 390), no. 67 (complete monumental bronze version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin's Art, The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, New York, 2003, pp. 137-140, no. 30 (monumental version illustrated, pp. 137-138).
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 167c (plaster version illustrated, p. 60).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 69-102, no. 21 (complete monumental version illustrated).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, pp. 106-117 (complete monumental bronze version illustrated, p. 114).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 97 (complete monumental bronze version illustrated, pl. 41).
L. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, p. 119 (another cast illustrated, pl. 39; monumental plaster version illustrated, pl. 38).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 376-402, no. 67-69-13 (another cast illustrated, p. 390), no. 67 (complete monumental bronze version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin's Art, The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, New York, 2003, pp. 137-140, no. 30 (monumental version illustrated, pp. 137-138).
Sale room notice
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