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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 brown 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 brown 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
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1995, lot 173.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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.