Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Baigneuse retirant sa Chemise

signed and numbered on the base A Rodin No. 8/8, stamped © by Musée Rodin 1985 E. Godard Fonds, bronze with dark green patina
15 3/8in. (39cm.) high

Conceived circa 1899-1900 and cast in 1985 in a numbered edition of eight (there were a further four casts reserved for cultural institutions, numbered I/IV to IV/IV)

來源

Musée Rodin, Paris

出版

C. Lampert, exh.cat., Rodin-Sculpture & Drawings, London, 1986, p. 229, no. 186 (the terracotta version illustrated in colour pl. 255)

拍品專文

This statue is a study for one of the four Baigneuses which surrounded the swimming pool at the house of the collector Maurice Fenaille in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He commissioned the Baigneuses in 1899, the other in the group being Baigneuse se peignant, Baigneuse se réchauffant and Baigneuse en Manteau.

Sold with a letter from the Musée Rodin confirming the authenticity of this work, dated Paris le 26 Juin 1987