La petite baigneuse au rocher

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
La petite baigneuse au rocher
signed and numbered 'A.Rodin No.7' (on the left side); inscribed with the foundry mark 'E.GODARD Foundr' (on the back) and inscribed '© BY MUSÉE RODIN 1972' (on the right side)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.)
Conceived circa 1900; this example cast in 1972 in an edition of thirteen numbered 0 to 12

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 April 2002, lot 53.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2002-85B.

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