Lot Essay
The Comité Auguste Rodin will include this work in their forthcoming Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté under number 2006V881B.
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Le Baiser, 4ème édition ou petit modèle
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le Baiser, 4ème édition ou petit modèle
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'F.BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Originally conceived in 1886 and in this reduced size in 1898; this bronze version cast between February and October 1907
Le Baiser, 4ème édition ou petit modèle
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'F.BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Originally conceived in 1886 and in this reduced size in 1898; this bronze version cast between February and October 1907
Provenance
Acquired by the grandparents of the present owner and thence by descent.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, p. 47, nos. 91 & 92 (marble version illustrated).
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 142, no. 71 (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. 62 (another cast illustrated p. 63).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 157 & 282, nos. 78-79 (plaster version illustrated).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (marble version illustrated in colour p. 131).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100, pls. 54-55 (marble version illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, no. 49 (marble version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 72, 90 and 108 (marble version illustrated p. 77).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1987, p. 184, no. 79 (marble version illustrated p. 185).
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 142, no. 71 (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. 62 (another cast illustrated p. 63).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 157 & 282, nos. 78-79 (plaster version illustrated).
R. Descharnes & J.F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (marble version illustrated in colour p. 131).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100, pls. 54-55 (marble version illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, no. 49 (marble version illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 72, 90 and 108 (marble version illustrated p. 77).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1987, p. 184, no. 79 (marble version illustrated p. 185).
Special notice
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