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Torse de jeune femme
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Torse de jeune femme
signed and numbered 'A Rodin No 6' (on the left hip); inscribed and stamped with the foundry mark '© by Musée Rodin 1962 Georges Rudier. Fondeur Paris.' (on the back of the legs)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 9 in. (22.8 cm.)
Plaster version executed in 1886; this bronze version cast in 1962 for the Musée Rodin, number six in an edition of 12 plus one
Torse de jeune femme
signed and numbered 'A Rodin N
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 9 in. (22.8 cm.)
Plaster version executed in 1886; this bronze version cast in 1962 for the Musée Rodin, number six in an edition of 12 plus one
Provenance
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in the 1960s.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 390 (larger bronze version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963 (larger bronze version illustrated p. 172).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967 (larger bronze version illustrated p. 217).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (plaster version illustrated pl. 38).
A.E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, New York, 1980, pl. 129 (larger plaster version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963 (larger bronze version illustrated p. 172).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967 (larger bronze version illustrated p. 217).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (plaster version illustrated pl. 38).
A.E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, New York, 1980, pl. 129 (larger plaster version illustrated).
Special notice
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