Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

L'enfant prodigue

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'enfant prodigue
signed on top of the base A. Rodin, stamped with foundry mark on the side of the base Georges Rudier Fondeur, inscribed on the side of the base Musée Rodin 1959, and stamped with the signature on the inside A. Rodin
bronze with brown patina
56 cm high (incl. bronze base)
Conceived circa 1885-1887 and cast in an edition of 12 between 1930 and 1970 plus one proof for the Rodin Museum collection. The present work was cast in 1959 and is recorded in the Musée Rodin archives.

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris 1959
Alex Vömel, Cologne

Literature

G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1929, no. 251 (the larger version illustrated)
M. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 91 (the Musée Rodins cast illustrated)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, pp.57-59 (another cast illustrated)
J.L. Tancock, The sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1975, p.45 (the larger cast in the Tate Gallery illustrated, pl. 5)

Lot Essay

Conceived circa 1885-1887, this composition dates from Rodin's first work on La porte d'enfer, where it appears twice, once by itself and again as the male figure in the group Fugit Amor.

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