Le Baiser
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le Baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the base) and stamped 'F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
10in. (25cm.) high
Conceived in 1886 and cast in this size in an edition of unknown size by the Barbédienne foundry between 1898 and 1918.
Le Baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the base) and stamped 'F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
10in. (25cm.) high
Conceived in 1886 and cast in this size in an edition of unknown size by the Barbédienne foundry between 1898 and 1918.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, p. 59, no. 166 (the marble version illustrated).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (the marble version illustrated pls. 54-55).
R. Descharnes and J. F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 131 (the marble version illustrated).
J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 77 (the marble version illustrated).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (the marble version illustrated pls. 54-55).
R. Descharnes and J. F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 131 (the marble version illustrated).
J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 77 (the marble version illustrated).