THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le baiser
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the rock), inscribed 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR.' (on the left side of the base), and stamped with the number '20 B' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
23 5/8in (60cm.) high
Conceived circa 1886 and cast between 1898 and 1918 in an edition of 69
Le baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the rock), inscribed 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR.' (on the left side of the base), and stamped with the number '20 B' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
23 5/8in (60cm.) high
Conceived circa 1886 and cast between 1898 and 1918 in an edition of 69
Provenance
Galerie Paul Guastalla, Brussels.
Literature
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967 p. 100 (the larger marble version illustrated pls. 54 and 55).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, (the larger marble version illustrated p. 131).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, (the larger marble version illustrated p. 77).
G. Grape, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1044, no. 166 (the larger marble version illustrated p. 59).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, (the larger marble version illustrated p. 131).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, (the larger marble version illustrated p. 77).
G. Grape, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1044, no. 166 (the larger marble version illustrated p. 59).