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Lot Essay
The Comité Auguste Rodin will include this work in their forthcoming Rodin catalogue critique under the number 2005V775B.
Anthony Roux, the first owner of the present work, was among Rodin's earliest patrons. He acquired the plaster version of the present subject from Rodin before 1891, along with a letter stating that the work was now Roux's 'exclusive property' and thus conferring the rights to make reproductions, as was common practice in many of Rodin's transactions with patrons at the time (see F. Grunfeld, Rodin, A Biography, New York, 1987, p. 206). Roux produced three casts of the bronze with Fulda between 1912 and 1914; one was owned by Louise Mazzoli, another was given by Roux to F. Warrains and the third, the present cast, was given to the present owner's uncle.
Anthony Roux, the first owner of the present work, was among Rodin's earliest patrons. He acquired the plaster version of the present subject from Rodin before 1891, along with a letter stating that the work was now Roux's 'exclusive property' and thus conferring the rights to make reproductions, as was common practice in many of Rodin's transactions with patrons at the time (see F. Grunfeld, Rodin, A Biography, New York, 1987, p. 206). Roux produced three casts of the bronze with Fulda between 1912 and 1914; one was owned by Louise Mazzoli, another was given by Roux to F. Warrains and the third, the present cast, was given to the present owner's uncle.