Lot Essay
The Comité Auguste Rodin will include this work in their forthcoming Rodin catalogue critique under the number 2005V598B.
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Balzac, étude définitive pour la tête, modèle au col coupé derrière l'oreille
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude définitive pour la tête, modèle au col coupé derrière l'oreille
signed and inscribed with the foundry mark 'A.Rodin Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back); with the stamped signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1897; this bronze version cast circa 1910-1920
Balzac, étude définitive pour la tête, modèle au col coupé derrière l'oreille
signed and inscribed with the foundry mark 'A.Rodin Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back); with the stamped signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1897; this bronze version cast circa 1910-1920
Provenance
Marcel Pays, Paris.
Jacques Pays, Paris, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in October 1990.
Jacques Pays, Paris, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in October 1990.
Literature
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 93 (terracotta and plaster versions illustrated p. 90).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, pp. 104-105.
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 76, p. 454 (another cast illustrated p. 431).
J. de Caso & P.B. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture, A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection, San Francisco, 1977, no. 46 (another cast illustrated, pp. 238-239).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, pp. 104-105.
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 76, p. 454 (another cast illustrated p. 431).
J. de Caso & P.B. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture, A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection, San Francisco, 1977, no. 46 (another cast illustrated, pp. 238-239).
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