Lot Essay
The composer Frederick Loewe purchased La jeune mère two years after his triumph with the musical My Fair Lady. His other credits include Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, Gigi, and Camelot.
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La jeune mère
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
La jeune mère
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark and dated 'Georges Rudier Fondeur PARIS © by Musée Rodin 1955' (on the back); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 15½ in. (39.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1885; this bronze version cast in 1955
La jeune mère
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark and dated 'Georges Rudier Fondeur PARIS © by Musée Rodin 1955' (on the back); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 15½ in. (39.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1885; this bronze version cast in 1955
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Frederick Loewe, Palm Springs (circa 1958).
By descent from the above to the present owner, 1988.
Frederick Loewe, Palm Springs (circa 1958).
By descent from the above to the present owner, 1988.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 141, no. 61 (another cast illustrated, pl. 61).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 124 (another cast illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 17-1, p. 184 (plaster version illustrated).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 124 (another cast illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 17-1, p. 184 (plaster version illustrated).