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Balzac, étude type C (buste), 3ème version, grand modèle
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AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude type C (buste), 3ème version, grand modèle
stamped 'A. Rodin' (lower left, below the neck of the figure); inscribed with the foundry mark 'ALEXIS RUDIER Fondeur-PARIS' (on the back of the bust); stamped 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
height: 10 1⁄8 in. (25.6 cm)
Conceived in 1892, and cast in bronze by Alexis Rudier circa 1918-1927
Balzac, étude type C (buste), 3ème version, grand modèle
stamped 'A. Rodin' (lower left, below the neck of the figure); inscribed with the foundry mark 'ALEXIS RUDIER Fondeur-PARIS' (on the back of the bust); stamped 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
height: 10 1⁄8 in. (25.6 cm)
Conceived in 1892, and cast in bronze by Alexis Rudier circa 1918-1927
Provenance
Galerie Haussmann [Gustave Danthon], Paris.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 May 1934, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 May 1934, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, p. 169 (another cast illustrated).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'œuvre 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 2011-3482B.
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