AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

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AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

Eve

signed on the base A. Rodin--painted plaster
Height: 28 in. (71 cm.)

Original version executed in 1881; this plaster version cast by Alexis Rudier 1883-1886
Provenance
Alexis Rudier, Paris
Jean Claude Dondel, Paris
Literature
L. Benedite, Rodin, Paris, 1924, pp. 26 and 27 (bronze version illustrated, pl. 16)
J. Cladel, Auguste Rodin, sa vie glorieuse sa vie inconnue, Paris, 1936, pp. 142 and 143
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1938, no. 59 (bronze version illustrated, p. 28)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 51 (bronze version illustrated)
R. Descharnes and J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, p. 99 (bronze version illustrated)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, pp. 88 and 89 (another plaster version illustrated, pl. 17)
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 148-157 (bronze version illustrated, no. 8)

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