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L'age d'airain
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'age d'airain
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the top of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'A Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with green and black patina
Height: 25 5/8in. (65.1cm.)
Conceived in Brussels in 1876 and executed in this size in 1903-1904; this bronze version cast circa 1940
L'age d'airain
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the top of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'A Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with green and black patina
Height: 25 5/8in. (65.1cm.)
Conceived in Brussels in 1876 and executed in this size in 1903-1904; this bronze version cast circa 1940
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 35 (the large version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 20-26 (the large version illustrated p. 20).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, no. 12 (another cast illustrated p. 51).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, pp. 53-54 (the large version illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 85 (another cast illustrated figs. 6 & 7).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970 (another cast illustrated pls. 4 & 5).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, pp. 21-26 (another cast illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 342-356, no. 64 (another cast illustrated p. 343).
A.E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, New York, 1980 (the plaster version illustrated pp. 36 & 37).
C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, vol. 1, Paris, 1989, no. 95 (other casts illustrated pp. 114-117).
A. Romain & A. Beausire, in exh. cat. Vers l'Age d'Airain, Rodin et la Belgique, Paris, 1996, pp. 245-309 (other casts illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 20-26 (the large version illustrated p. 20).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, no. 12 (another cast illustrated p. 51).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, pp. 53-54 (the large version illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 85 (another cast illustrated figs. 6 & 7).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970 (another cast illustrated pls. 4 & 5).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, London, 1974, pp. 21-26 (another cast illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 342-356, no. 64 (another cast illustrated p. 343).
A.E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, New York, 1980 (the plaster version illustrated pp. 36 & 37).
C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, vol. 1, Paris, 1989, no. 95 (other casts illustrated pp. 114-117).
A. Romain & A. Beausire, in exh. cat. Vers l'Age d'Airain, Rodin et la Belgique, Paris, 1996, pp. 245-309 (other casts illustrated).
Special notice
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