Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Les Limbes
signed at the base Rodin, stamped with the Sèvres mark and numbered S.93, glazed porcelain celadon vase attached to a guilt metal mount
9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) high (excluding base)
Rodin's collaboration with Sèvres began circa 1879, when his friend, the sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, was appointed art director at the pottery. Between 1887-1888 Rodin created a series of drawings, including the design for the present work, which were then modelled in porcelain by Jules Desbois. These designs continued to be manufactured until 1939.
Les Limbes
signed at the base Rodin, stamped with the Sèvres mark and numbered S.93, glazed porcelain celadon vase attached to a guilt metal mount
9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) high (excluding base)
Rodin's collaboration with Sèvres began circa 1879, when his friend, the sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, was appointed art director at the pottery. Between 1887-1888 Rodin created a series of drawings, including the design for the present work, which were then modelled in porcelain by Jules Desbois. These designs continued to be manufactured until 1939.
Literature
Robert Descharnes and Jean François Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p.65, (another version illustrated)
Catherine Lampert, Rodin Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1986, p.28, no.48a and b, (another version illustrated)
Cecile Golsscheider, Auguste Rodin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Tome I: 1840-1886, Paris, 1989, illustration of the exaple in the Musée Rodin, Paris
Catherine Lampert, Rodin Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1986, p.28, no.48a and b, (another version illustrated)
Cecile Golsscheider, Auguste Rodin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Tome I: 1840-1886, Paris, 1989, illustration of the exaple in the Musée Rodin, Paris