拍品專文
Executed circa 1885-87, this composition dates from Rodin's first work on the Gates of Hell where it appears twice, once by itself and again as the male figure in the group Fugit Amor.
L'Enfant prodigue
細節
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'Enfant prodigue
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the top of the base), stamped with the foundry mark and inscribed 'Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris by musée Rodin 1965' (on the side of the base), stamped with the raised signature 'Rodin' (on the underside of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
21¾in. (55.3cm.) high
Conceived circa 1885-7 and cast in 1965
L'Enfant prodigue
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the top of the base), stamped with the foundry mark and inscribed 'Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris by musée Rodin 1965' (on the side of the base), stamped with the raised signature 'Rodin' (on the underside of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
21¾in. (55.3cm.) high
Conceived circa 1885-7 and cast in 1965
來源
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 28 June 1972, lot 13.
出版
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1929, no.251 (the larger version illustrated).
R. Descharnes & J-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p.91 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p.92 (the larger plaster illustrated, pl.34).
A. E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, pp.57-59 (another cast illustrated p.56).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p.45 (the larger cast in the Tate Gallery illustrated, pl.5).
R. Descharnes & J-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p.91 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p.92 (the larger plaster illustrated, pl.34).
A. E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, pp.57-59 (another cast illustrated p.56).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p.45 (the larger cast in the Tate Gallery illustrated, pl.5).