Property of
MR. AND MRS. STANLEY MARCUS
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Les mains
signed and numbered on the base 'A. Rodin 8/12', inscribed on the bottom of the base 'A.Rudier.Fondeur.Paris'--with raised signature inside 'A. Rodin'--bronze with brown patina
Height: 5 7/8in. (15cm.)
Original version executed circa 1885; this bronze version cast at a later date, number eight in an edition of 12
Les mains
signed and numbered on the base 'A. Rodin 8/12', inscribed on the bottom of the base 'A.Rudier.Fondeur.Paris'--with raised signature inside 'A. Rodin'--bronze with brown patina
Height: 5 7/8in. (15cm.)
Original version executed circa 1885; this bronze version cast at a later date, number eight in an edition of 12
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris (acquired by the present owner, 1948)
Literature
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 616, no. 120-4 (illustrated, p. 621)
ed. Musée Rodin, Rodin, les mains, les chirurgiens, Paris, 1984, no. 79 (plaster version illustrated, p. 111)
ed. Musée Rodin, Rodin, les mains, les chirurgiens, Paris, 1984, no. 79 (plaster version illustrated, p. 111)