THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'eternel printemps
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'eternel printemps
signed 'Rodin' (on the side of the base), inscribed 'F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur' (on the side of the base), and numbered 'Z' (on the base).
bronze with dark brown patina
15½in. (39.5cm.) high
Conceived in 1884 and cast in this size in an edition of approximately 90 between 1898 and 1918
L'eternel printemps
signed 'Rodin' (on the side of the base), inscribed 'F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur' (on the side of the base), and numbered 'Z' (on the base).
bronze with dark brown patina
15½in. (39.5cm.) high
Conceived in 1884 and cast in this size in an edition of approximately 90 between 1898 and 1918
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 42).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 135 (another cast illustrated p. 134).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 96 (another cast illustrated pls. 56 and 57).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 241-247 (another cast illustrated pl. 32b).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 135 (another cast illustrated p. 134).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 96 (another cast illustrated pls. 56 and 57).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 241-247 (another cast illustrated pl. 32b).