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Property from the Estate of G.H. Clifford Smith
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le bon génie
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le bon génie
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the left side); inscribed with foundry mark 'Georges Rudier..Fondeur.Paris' (on the back); dated '© by musée Rodin. 1963' (on the right side)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1900; this bronze version cast in 1963
Le bon génie
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the left side); inscribed with foundry mark 'Georges Rudier..Fondeur.Paris' (on the back); dated '© by musée Rodin. 1963' (on the right side)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1900; this bronze version cast in 1963
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above, 1964).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1967.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above, 1964).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1967.
Literature
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 144, no. 118 (another cast illustrated, p. 118).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 108.
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 315, no. 56 (another cast illustrated, p. 317).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 108.
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 315, no. 56 (another cast illustrated, p. 317).