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L'éternel printemps
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'éternel printemps
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'F.Barbedienne, Fondeur (on the left side of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1886; this version cast between 1898 and 1918
L'éternel printemps
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'F.Barbedienne, Fondeur (on the left side of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1886; this version cast between 1898 and 1918
Provenance
Acquired by the father of the previous owner in the 1970s.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 42).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 96 (another cast illustrated pls. 56-57).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 241-247, no. 32b (another cast illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, 1981, p. 68 (the large clay version illustrated fig. 313).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 96 (another cast illustrated pls. 56-57).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 241-247, no. 32b (another cast illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, 1981, p. 68 (the large clay version illustrated fig. 313).
Special notice
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