Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Main no. 20, petit modèle

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Main no. 20, petit modèle
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.)
Conceived in 1890-1908; this bronze version cast by Alexis Rudier in 1945

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Private collection, France (acquired from the above, February 1947).
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13 May 1997, lot 161.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 26 September 2002, lot 522.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.

Sale room notice

Please note this lot will be offered during the Morning Session on 6 November, immediately following the Works on Paper Sale commencing at 10:00 am.

Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2002-204B.

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