L'éternel Printemps
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'éternel Printemps
signed on the top of the base 'Rodin', inscribed with foundry mark on the side of the base 'F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur'
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 9½in. (24.1cm.)
Original plaster version executed in 1884; this bronze version cast 1898-1915
L'éternel Printemps
signed on the top of the base 'Rodin', inscribed with foundry mark on the side of the base 'F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur'
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 9½in. (24.1cm.)
Original plaster version executed in 1884; this bronze version cast 1898-1915
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, no. 69 (large bronze version illustrated, p. 42)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 135 (large bronze version illustrated, p. 134)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 96 (large bronze version illustrated, pls. 56 and 57) J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 241-245, no. 32b (large bronze version illustrated, p. 243)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, D.C., 1981, no. 313 (clay version illustrated)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 135 (large bronze version illustrated, p. 134)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 96 (large bronze version illustrated, pls. 56 and 57) J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 241-245, no. 32b (large bronze version illustrated, p. 243)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, D.C., 1981, no. 313 (clay version illustrated)