Lot Essay
See note to lot 107.
Le baiser
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le baiser
signed on the right side of the base 'Rodin', inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the base 'Alexis.Rudier Fondeur.Paris'--with raised signature inside 'A. Rodin'
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10in. (25.5cm.)
Conceived circa 1886; this bronze version cast before 1952
Le baiser
signed on the right side of the base 'Rodin', inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the base 'Alexis.Rudier Fondeur.Paris'--with raised signature inside 'A. Rodin'
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10in. (25.5cm.)
Conceived circa 1886; this bronze version cast before 1952
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 1987, lot 272 (acquired by the present owner)
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 71 (large marble version illustrated)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 63 (large bronze version illustrated)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 131 (large marble version illustrated in color)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (large marble version illustrated, pls. 54-55)
L. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, pl. 49 (large marble version illustrated)
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 77 (large marble version illustrated)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 63 (large bronze version illustrated)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 131 (large marble version illustrated in color)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (large marble version illustrated, pls. 54-55)
L. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, pl. 49 (large marble version illustrated)
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 77 (large marble version illustrated)