AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
L'avarice et la luxure (La résurrection)
Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
L'avarice et la luxure (La résurrection)
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the top of the base); with the foundry mark 'L. Perzinka fondeur' (on the drapery)
bronze with dark brown patina
8 ⁵/₈ x 21 ¹/₄ x 17 ³/₈in. (22 x 54 x 44cm.)
Conceived circa 1887; this work cast in 1900
L'avarice et la luxure (La résurrection)
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the top of the base); with the foundry mark 'L. Perzinka fondeur' (on the drapery)
bronze with dark brown patina
8 ⁵/₈ x 21 ¹/₄ x 17 ³/₈in. (22 x 54 x 44cm.)
Conceived circa 1887; this work cast in 1900
Provenance
Ignacio Zuloaga, Spain, by whom acquired from the artist in December 1904, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Letter from Rodin to Helene ‘Jelka’ Rosen, 22 October 1902.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 10 September 1904.
Letter from Rodin to Ignacio Zuloaga, 9 December 1904.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 28 January 1905.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 9 February 1905.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 14 March 1907.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 30 March 1907.
M. Utrillo, ‘L’Escultura a la V. Exposició Internacional de Belles Arts, Barcelona – 1907’, in Forma, vol. II, Barcelona, 1907, no. 35, p. 364 (illustrated p. 398; titled ‘Resurreció’).
R. Descharnes & J-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, London, 1967, p. 132 (plaster version illustrated).
Connaissance des Arts, no. 191, Paris, January 1968, p. 101 (plaster version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 46-4, pp. 288, 292-293 (plaster version illustrated p. 293).
G. Plessier, Étude critique de la correspondance échangé entre Zuloaga et Rodin de 1903 a 1917, Paris, 1983, letters no. 3, pp. 34-35; no. 5, p. 37; no. 9, p. 42; no. 10, p. 43; no. 35, p. 77 & no. 37, pp. 89-81.
Rodin, Sculpture & Drawings, exh cat., Hayward Gallery, London, 1986, no. 77, p. 206 & 242 (another cast illustrated fig. 88, p. 48).
A. Beausire, Quand Rodin exposait, Paris, 1988, pp. 190-191, 215 & 287.
A. Le Normand Romain, ‘The Gates of Hell’, in Rodin, At the Musée Rodin, Paris, 1996, p. 41 (plaster version illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, ‘La Porte de l’enfer’ in Rodin et la Belgique, Rodin en Belgie, exh cat., Charleroi, 1997, no. V.II, pp. 136 & 291 (plaster version illustrated p. 136).
Rodin en 1900, L’exposition de l’Alma, exh cat., Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2001, no. 81, p. 214 (plaster version illustrated; titled ‘L’Avarice et la Luxure, Jugement dernier (fragment)’).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin en el Museo Nációnal de Bellas Artes, exh cat., Buenos Aires, 2001, p. 20 (another cast illustrated p. 21).
Druet sieht Rodin, Photographie & Skulptur, exh cat., Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie, Museumsinet, 2005 – 2006, fig. 12, p. 125 (another cast illustrated no. 43, p. 23).
A. Le Normand-Romain, ‘Rodin et la Russie’, in L’Art russe dans la seconde moitié di XIXeme siecle : en quête d’identité, exh cat., Paris, Musée d’Orsay, 2005 – 2006, p. 326.
Rodin, exh cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2006, no. 115, p. 233 (plaster version illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, fig. 1, p. 370 (illustrated).
F. Marías, ‘Luces y sombras de una pasión: Zuloaga y El Greco’, in Cuadernos de arte, no. 40, Granada, 2009, fig. 8, p. 325 (illustrated in situ in the Casa Zuloaga).
N. Lehni & M-P. Declaux, ‘Sculptures’ in Rodin érotique, exh cat., Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 2009, no. 96, pp. 196-197 (plaster version illustrated p. 196 ; detail illustrated p. 197).
Rodin, l’œuvre d’une vie, exh cat., National Museum of China, Beijing, 2014 (plaster version illustrated).
Rodin, Le livre du centenaire, exh cat., Grand Palais, Paris, 2017, no. 20, pp. 65 & 347 (plaster version illustrated).
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 10 September 1904.
Letter from Rodin to Ignacio Zuloaga, 9 December 1904.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 28 January 1905.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 9 February 1905.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 14 March 1907.
Letter from Ignacio Zuloaga to Rodin, 30 March 1907.
M. Utrillo, ‘L’Escultura a la V. Exposició Internacional de Belles Arts, Barcelona – 1907’, in Forma, vol. II, Barcelona, 1907, no. 35, p. 364 (illustrated p. 398; titled ‘Resurreció’).
R. Descharnes & J-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, London, 1967, p. 132 (plaster version illustrated).
Connaissance des Arts, no. 191, Paris, January 1968, p. 101 (plaster version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 46-4, pp. 288, 292-293 (plaster version illustrated p. 293).
G. Plessier, Étude critique de la correspondance échangé entre Zuloaga et Rodin de 1903 a 1917, Paris, 1983, letters no. 3, pp. 34-35; no. 5, p. 37; no. 9, p. 42; no. 10, p. 43; no. 35, p. 77 & no. 37, pp. 89-81.
Rodin, Sculpture & Drawings, exh cat., Hayward Gallery, London, 1986, no. 77, p. 206 & 242 (another cast illustrated fig. 88, p. 48).
A. Beausire, Quand Rodin exposait, Paris, 1988, pp. 190-191, 215 & 287.
A. Le Normand Romain, ‘The Gates of Hell’, in Rodin, At the Musée Rodin, Paris, 1996, p. 41 (plaster version illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, ‘La Porte de l’enfer’ in Rodin et la Belgique, Rodin en Belgie, exh cat., Charleroi, 1997, no. V.II, pp. 136 & 291 (plaster version illustrated p. 136).
Rodin en 1900, L’exposition de l’Alma, exh cat., Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2001, no. 81, p. 214 (plaster version illustrated; titled ‘L’Avarice et la Luxure, Jugement dernier (fragment)’).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin en el Museo Nációnal de Bellas Artes, exh cat., Buenos Aires, 2001, p. 20 (another cast illustrated p. 21).
Druet sieht Rodin, Photographie & Skulptur, exh cat., Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie, Museumsinet, 2005 – 2006, fig. 12, p. 125 (another cast illustrated no. 43, p. 23).
A. Le Normand-Romain, ‘Rodin et la Russie’, in L’Art russe dans la seconde moitié di XIXeme siecle : en quête d’identité, exh cat., Paris, Musée d’Orsay, 2005 – 2006, p. 326.
Rodin, exh cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2006, no. 115, p. 233 (plaster version illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, fig. 1, p. 370 (illustrated).
F. Marías, ‘Luces y sombras de una pasión: Zuloaga y El Greco’, in Cuadernos de arte, no. 40, Granada, 2009, fig. 8, p. 325 (illustrated in situ in the Casa Zuloaga).
N. Lehni & M-P. Declaux, ‘Sculptures’ in Rodin érotique, exh cat., Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 2009, no. 96, pp. 196-197 (plaster version illustrated p. 196 ; detail illustrated p. 197).
Rodin, l’œuvre d’une vie, exh cat., National Museum of China, Beijing, 2014 (plaster version illustrated).
Rodin, Le livre du centenaire, exh cat., Grand Palais, Paris, 2017, no. 20, pp. 65 & 347 (plaster version illustrated).
Exhibition
Venice, Palazzo dell’Esposizione, Quarta Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della città di Venezia, Catalogo illustrato, April – October 1901, no. 17, p. 47 (titled ‘Risurrezione’).
Prague, Pavillon Manès, Jardin Kinski, Rodin, May – August 1902, no. 45.
Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunstpalast, Internationale Kunstausstellung, May – October 1904, no. 1730b, p. 115 (titled ‘Auferstehung’).
Barcelona, Palacio de Bellas Artes, V Exposición internacional de Bellas Artes è Industrias Artísticas, April – July 1907, no. 35, p. 30 (titled ‘Resurrección’).
Zaragoza, Museo Pablo Gargallo & La Lonja, Auguste Rodin i la seva relació amb Espanya, September – November 1996, no. 138, p. 181 (illustrated p. 153; titled ‘Resurrecció, dita L’aravicia i la luxúria’); this exhibition later travelled to Palma, Fundació ”la Caixa”, November 1996 – January 1997.
Prague, Pavillon Manès, Jardin Kinski, Rodin, May – August 1902, no. 45.
Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunstpalast, Internationale Kunstausstellung, May – October 1904, no. 1730b, p. 115 (titled ‘Auferstehung’).
Barcelona, Palacio de Bellas Artes, V Exposición internacional de Bellas Artes è Industrias Artísticas, April – July 1907, no. 35, p. 30 (titled ‘Resurrección’).
Zaragoza, Museo Pablo Gargallo & La Lonja, Auguste Rodin i la seva relació amb Espanya, September – November 1996, no. 138, p. 181 (illustrated p. 153; titled ‘Resurrecció, dita L’aravicia i la luxúria’); this exhibition later travelled to Palma, Fundació ”la Caixa”, November 1996 – January 1997.
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