Main gauche de pianiste, grand modèle

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Main gauche de pianiste, grand modèle
signed, numbered and inscribed 'A.Rodin N^o 3 (c) by musée Rodin 1966 Georges RUDIER Fondeur PARIS' (on the wrist)
bronze with green patina
Height: 7¼ in. (18.4 cm.)
Conceived circa 1890-1895, the larger version conceived circa 1905 and cast in 1966 in an edition of twelve

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, by whom acquired from the above in May 1966.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner.

Exhibited

Sydney, David Jones Art Gallery, An exhibition of fifty bronzes by Auguste Rodin 1840-1917, September - October 1969, no. 28.

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Please note the correct title is : Main gauche de pianiste, grand modèle.

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2013-4147B.

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