Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
La Bénédiction
signed on the side of the base 'A. Rodin' and inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the base 'Alexis RUDIER Fondeur.Paris'--with raised signature inside 'A. Rodin'--bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 31½ in. (80 cm.)
Conceived in 1894; this bronze version cast before 1930
La Bénédiction
signed on the side of the base 'A. Rodin' and inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the base 'Alexis RUDIER Fondeur.Paris'--with raised signature inside 'A. Rodin'--bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 31½ in. (80 cm.)
Conceived in 1894; this bronze version cast before 1930
Provenance
Acquired by the family of the present owner circa 1930
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, no. 272 (marble version illustrated)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 46 and 47, no. 210 (plaster version illustrated, p. 210)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 106
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 294-297, no. 47 (another cast illustrated, p. 295)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 46 and 47, no. 210 (plaster version illustrated, p. 210)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 106
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 294-297, no. 47 (another cast illustrated, p. 295)