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Le Baiser, 4ème réduction dit aussi petit modèle
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AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Le Baiser, 4ème réduction dit aussi petit modèle
signed 'Rodin' (on the side of the rock); inscribed with foundry mark 'ALEXIS RUDIER. FONDEUR PARIS.' (on the back of the rock); with raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the interior)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10 ¼ in. (25.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1886, this reduction in 1898; this bronze version cast in 1942
Le Baiser, 4ème réduction dit aussi petit modèle
signed 'Rodin' (on the side of the rock); inscribed with foundry mark 'ALEXIS RUDIER. FONDEUR PARIS.' (on the back of the rock); with raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the interior)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10 ¼ in. (25.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1886, this reduction in 1898; this bronze version cast in 1942
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
M. Robert, Paris (acquired from the above, July 1943).
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1955.
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 2024-7267B.
M. Robert, Paris (acquired from the above, July 1943).
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1955.
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 2024-7267B.
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, p. 47, nos. 91-92 (marble version illustrated).
R.M. Rilke, Rodin, London, 1946, pp. 38 and 104, no. VI (marble version illustrated, pl. 17).
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 142 (marble version illustrated, pl. 71).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1962, p. 121 (marble version illustrated, pl. 49).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 62 (larger version illustrated, p. 63; dated 1880-1882).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (marble version illustrated, p. 131).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (marble version illustrated, pls. 54-55).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, no. 49 (marble version illustrated).
J. de Caso and P. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture, A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pp. 148-153, no. 22 (another cast illustrated, pp. 148 and 150).
A.E. Elsen, The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin, Stanford, 1985, pp. 78 and 80-81 (another cast illustrated, p. 79, fig. 70).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection du Musée, Paris, 1987, pp. 184, 186 and 258, no. 79 (marble version illustrated, pp. 185 and 187).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of August Rodin, The Collection of the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1989, pp. 72, 90 and 108 (marble version illustrated, p. 77).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Le Baiser de Rodin, Paris, 1995, pp. 20-21 (another cast illustrated, fig. 2).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin, Paris, 1997, p. 49 (terracotta version illustrated, p. 48).
J. Vilain, Rodin at the Musée Rodin, London, 1997, p. 39 (marble version illustrated in color).
A. Pingeot, "Rodin au Musée du Luxembourg" in La Revue du Musée d'Orsay, fall 2000, pp. 67-70 and 74, no. 11 (marble version illustrated).
R. Butler and S.G. Lindsay, European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century, The Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Systematic Catalogue, Washington, D.C., 2000, pp. 326 and 329-330 (copper version illustrated in color, pp. 327-328; plaster and marble versions illustrated, p. 329, figs. 1-2 respectively).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin's Art, The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts at Stanford University, New York, 2003, pp. 214-215, no. 49 (another cast illustrated, fig. 167).
R. Masson and V. Mattiussi, Rodin, Paris, 2004, p. 40 (detail of marble version illustrated in color, p. 41; terracotta illustrated, p. 42).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. I, pp. 162-163 (other casts illustrated, pp. 158-162; marble version illustrated, p. 163, figs. 1-3).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin, New York, 2014, pp. 133-134 (terracotta version illustrated in color, p. 132, fig. 121; marble version illustrated, p. 133, figs. 122-123, and marble version illustrated again in color, p. 135, fig. 127).
R.M. Rilke, Rodin, London, 1946, pp. 38 and 104, no. VI (marble version illustrated, pl. 17).
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 142 (marble version illustrated, pl. 71).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1962, p. 121 (marble version illustrated, pl. 49).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 62 (larger version illustrated, p. 63; dated 1880-1882).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (marble version illustrated, p. 131).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 100 (marble version illustrated, pls. 54-55).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, no. 49 (marble version illustrated).
J. de Caso and P. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture, A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pp. 148-153, no. 22 (another cast illustrated, pp. 148 and 150).
A.E. Elsen, The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin, Stanford, 1985, pp. 78 and 80-81 (another cast illustrated, p. 79, fig. 70).
N. Barbier, Marbres de Rodin: Collection du Musée, Paris, 1987, pp. 184, 186 and 258, no. 79 (marble version illustrated, pp. 185 and 187).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of August Rodin, The Collection of the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1989, pp. 72, 90 and 108 (marble version illustrated, p. 77).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Le Baiser de Rodin, Paris, 1995, pp. 20-21 (another cast illustrated, fig. 2).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin, Paris, 1997, p. 49 (terracotta version illustrated, p. 48).
J. Vilain, Rodin at the Musée Rodin, London, 1997, p. 39 (marble version illustrated in color).
A. Pingeot, "Rodin au Musée du Luxembourg" in La Revue du Musée d'Orsay, fall 2000, pp. 67-70 and 74, no. 11 (marble version illustrated).
R. Butler and S.G. Lindsay, European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century, The Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Systematic Catalogue, Washington, D.C., 2000, pp. 326 and 329-330 (copper version illustrated in color, pp. 327-328; plaster and marble versions illustrated, p. 329, figs. 1-2 respectively).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin's Art, The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts at Stanford University, New York, 2003, pp. 214-215, no. 49 (another cast illustrated, fig. 167).
R. Masson and V. Mattiussi, Rodin, Paris, 2004, p. 40 (detail of marble version illustrated in color, p. 41; terracotta illustrated, p. 42).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. I, pp. 162-163 (other casts illustrated, pp. 158-162; marble version illustrated, p. 163, figs. 1-3).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin, New York, 2014, pp. 133-134 (terracotta version illustrated in color, p. 132, fig. 121; marble version illustrated, p. 133, figs. 122-123, and marble version illustrated again in color, p. 135, fig. 127).
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