Lot Essay
The Comité Auguste Rodin under the direction of Jerome Le Blay will include this work in their forthcoming Rodin catalogue critique under number 2006V997B.
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Le baiser
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'F.BARBEDIENNE Fondeur' (on the left side of the base)
bronze
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Originally conceived in 1886 and in this reduced size in 1898; this bronze version cast between 1898 and 1918
Le baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'F.BARBEDIENNE Fondeur' (on the left side of the base)
bronze
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Originally conceived in 1886 and in this reduced size in 1898; this bronze version cast between 1898 and 1918
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1985, lot 119.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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 (another cast illustrated p. 63).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 157 & 282, nos. 78-79 (plaster version illustrated).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (marble version illustrated in colour p. 131).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100, pls. 54-55 (marble version illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, no. 49 (marble version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 72, 90 & 108 (marble version illustrated p. 77).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection du 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 (another cast illustrated p. 63).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 157 & 282, nos. 78-79 (plaster version illustrated).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (marble version illustrated in colour p. 131).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100, pls. 54-55 (marble version illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, no. 49 (marble version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 72, 90 & 108 (marble version illustrated p. 77).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1987, p. 184, no. 79 (marble version illustrated p. 185).
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