Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Pierre de Wiessant
signed at the side of the base A. Rodin and inscribed with the foundry mark on the back of the base ALEXIS.RUDIER.FONDEUR.PARIS, and marked again with the raised signature on the inside A. Rodin, bronze with black patina
17¾in. (45cm.) high
Conceived between 1884-1895 and cast at a later date
Pierre de Wiessant
signed at the side of the base A. Rodin and inscribed with the foundry mark on the back of the base ALEXIS.RUDIER.FONDEUR.PARIS, and marked again with the raised signature on the inside A. Rodin, bronze with black patina
17¾in. (45cm.) high
Conceived between 1884-1895 and cast at a later date
Provenance
Dr. Albert Charpentier, Paris, 1951, and thence by descent
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin. I. Hôtel Biron, Paris, 1944, no. 167c (the plaster version illustrated p. 60)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 97
J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 401-402 (another cast illustrated p. 390, fig. 67-69-13)
C. Judrin, M. Laurent and D. Vieville, Auguste Rodin, Monument des Bourgeois de Calais (1884-1895), Paris, 1977, p. 223 (another cast illustrated fig. 87)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 97
J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 401-402 (another cast illustrated p. 390, fig. 67-69-13)
C. Judrin, M. Laurent and D. Vieville, Auguste Rodin, Monument des Bourgeois de Calais (1884-1895), Paris, 1977, p. 223 (another cast illustrated fig. 87)