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L'éternel printemps, second état, 4ème réduction
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'éternel printemps, second état, 4ème réduction
signed 'Rodin' (on the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'F. Barbedienne fondeur' (on the reverse of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 9¾in. (24.6cm.)
Conceived in 1886, this version cast between 1898 and 1918 in an edition of 69
L'éternel printemps, second état, 4ème réduction
signed 'Rodin' (on the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'F. Barbedienne fondeur' (on the reverse of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 9¾in. (24.6cm.)
Conceived in 1886, this version cast between 1898 and 1918 in an edition of 69
Provenance
Acquired circa 1950 by the family of the present owner.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris 1927, no. 69 (large bronze version illustrated p. 42).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne 1967, p. 135 (large bronze version illustrated p. 134).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris 1967, p. 96 (large bronze version illustrated pls. 56-57).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia 1976, pp. 241-247, no. 32b (large bronze version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington 1981, p. 68 (large clay version illustrated fig. 313).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne 1967, p. 135 (large bronze version illustrated p. 134).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris 1967, p. 96 (large bronze version illustrated pls. 56-57).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia 1976, pp. 241-247, no. 32b (large bronze version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington 1981, p. 68 (large clay version illustrated fig. 313).
Special notice
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