Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
L'age d'Airain
signed on the top of the base A. Rodin, inscribed on the back of the base ALEXIS RUDIER. FONDEUR. PARIS.--with raised signature inside--bronze with brown patina
Height: 25 3/8 in. (64.5 cm.)
Original plaster version executed in 1875; this bronze version cast at a later date
L'age d'Airain
signed on the top of the base A. Rodin, inscribed on the back of the base ALEXIS RUDIER. FONDEUR. PARIS.--with raised signature inside--bronze with brown patina
Height: 25 3/8 in. (64.5 cm.)
Original plaster version executed in 1875; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Mrs. Francis Neilson (1946)
Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin; sale, Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 13, 1985, lot 32
Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin; sale, Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 13, 1985, lot 32
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 35 (another cast illustrated)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 20-26 (larger bronze version illustrated, p. 20)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Geneva, 1967,
pp. 53 and 54 (another cast illustrated)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 85 (another cast illustrated, figs. 6 and 7)
A.T. Spear, Rodin Sculpture in The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1967, no. VII, pp. 38-40, 94 and 95 (larger bronze version illustrated, p. 38)
A. E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, pp. 21-26 (another cast illustrated) J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 342-356, no. 64 (another cast illustrated, p. 342)
A. E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, New York, 1980, figs. 2 and 5 (plaster version illustrated, figs. 3 and 4)
C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Catalogue de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1989, vol. I, no. 95 (other casts illustrated, pp. 114-117)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 20-26 (larger bronze version illustrated, p. 20)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Geneva, 1967,
pp. 53 and 54 (another cast illustrated)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 85 (another cast illustrated, figs. 6 and 7)
A.T. Spear, Rodin Sculpture in The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1967, no. VII, pp. 38-40, 94 and 95 (larger bronze version illustrated, p. 38)
A. E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, pp. 21-26 (another cast illustrated) J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 342-356, no. 64 (another cast illustrated, p. 342)
A. E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, New York, 1980, figs. 2 and 5 (plaster version illustrated, figs. 3 and 4)
C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Catalogue de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1989, vol. I, no. 95 (other casts illustrated, pp. 114-117)
Exhibited
New York, Wildenstein & Co., The Dr. and Mrs. Harry Bakwin Collection, Oct.-Nov., 1967, no. 82