La jeunesse triomphante
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
La jeunesse triomphante
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front of the base); numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '27è épreuve Thièbaut Frères Fumières et Cie Sucrs' (on the left side of the base); numbered 3949 (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1894
La jeunesse triomphante
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front of the base); numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '27è épreuve Thièbaut Frères Fumières et Cie Sucrs' (on the left side of the base); numbered 3949 (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1894
Literature
L. Maillard, Auguste Rodin, Statuaire: Etudes sur quelques artistes originaux, Paris, 1899, p. 141 (plaster version illustrated).
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 270 (plaster version illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 106.
J. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 225-226, no. 26 (another cast illustrated, p. 227).
A. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, Oxford, 1980, pp. 171-172, no. 50 (plaster version illustrated).
C. Lampert, Rodin: Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1986, pp. 31 & 45, no. 35 (another cast illustrated).
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, no. 270 (plaster version illustrated).
I. Jianou & C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 106.
J. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 225-226, no. 26 (another cast illustrated, p. 227).
A. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, Oxford, 1980, pp. 171-172, no. 50 (plaster version illustrated).
C. Lampert, Rodin: Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1986, pp. 31 & 45, no. 35 (another cast illustrated).
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