Lot Essay
The base for this sculpture is the original base that accompanied the sculpture when it was ordered by Rodin from the founder.
Buste de Victor Hugo, modle de 1883
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Rodin, A.
Buste de Victor Hugo, modle de 1883
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side); stamped with foundry mark 'GRIFFOUL & LORGE FONDEURS A PARIS' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
Original version executed in 1883; this bronze version cast in 1893
Rodin, A.
Buste de Victor Hugo, modle de 1883
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side); stamped with foundry mark 'GRIFFOUL & LORGE FONDEURS A PARIS' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
Original version executed in 1883; this bronze version cast in 1893
Literature
C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 94.
J.-L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 504-510, no. 87-b (another cast illustrated, p. 507).
J.-L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 504-510, no. 87-b (another cast illustrated, p. 507).