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L'éternel printemps
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'éternel printemps
stamped with the foundry mark 'F. Barbedienne. Fondeur. Paris. France. (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 25½ in. (64.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1884, this bronze cast between 1898 and 1918 in an edition of between 50 and 58 casts
L'éternel printemps
stamped with the foundry mark 'F. Barbedienne. Fondeur. Paris. France. (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 25½ in. (64.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1884, this bronze cast between 1898 and 1918 in an edition of between 50 and 58 casts
Provenance
Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, 1965.
Robert Bowman Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Robert Bowman Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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. 135 (another cast illustrated p. 134).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 96 (another cast illustrated pls. 56 and 57).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976,
pp. 241-245, no. 32b (another cast illustrated p. 243).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, D.C., 1981, no. 313 (clay version illustrated p. 68).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 135 (another cast illustrated p. 134).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 96 (another cast illustrated pls. 56 and 57).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976,
pp. 241-245, no. 32b (another cast illustrated p. 243).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, D.C., 1981, no. 313 (clay version illustrated p. 68).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium