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Le baiser
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side); inscribed with the foundry mark 'F.Barbedienne.Fondeur' (on the left side)
bronze with black patina
Height: 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.)
Conceived circa 1885-1886; this bronze version cast between 1901 and 1918 in an edition size of between 105 and 108
Le baiser
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side); inscribed with the foundry mark 'F.Barbedienne.Fondeur' (on the left side)
bronze with black patina
Height: 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.)
Conceived circa 1885-1886; this bronze version cast between 1901 and 1918 in an edition size of between 105 and 108
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 71 (large marble version illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Sa vie, son oeuvre, son héritage, Paris, 1962, p. 49 (marble version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 63 (large bronze version illustrated).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 157 & 282, nos. 78-79 (marble version illustrated pp. 162-163).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 131 (large marble version illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (large marble version illustrated pls. 54-55).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, pl. 49 (large marble version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 77 (large marble version illustrated).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1987, no. 79 (marble version illustrated p. 185).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Sa vie, son oeuvre, son héritage, Paris, 1962, p. 49 (marble version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 63 (large bronze version illustrated).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 157 & 282, nos. 78-79 (marble version illustrated pp. 162-163).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 131 (large marble version illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (large marble version illustrated pls. 54-55).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, pl. 49 (large marble version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 77 (large marble version illustrated).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1987, no. 79 (marble version illustrated p. 185).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium