Auguste RODIN

Bronze with nuanced brown green patina, signed « A.Rodin » and stamp « A.Rodin » inside.
Sand cast by Alexis Rudier, bears the founder’s mark « Alexis Rudier / Fondeur PARIS ». Bears a number  « 9604 » and an old label by André Chenue inside.
Height: 8,5″ x Width: 15,4″ x Depth: 11″
Circa 1930-1940

Provenance: Paris, Musée Rodin – Paris, Drouot, vente Me de Quay, 9/06/1989, n°32 ; Paris, Drouot-Montaigne, vente Mes de Quay-Lombrail, 3/06/1993, n°9 ; Paris, Yomiuri Art Gallery, (acquired at the above sale ) ; Yokohama, Spatial Design Consultants, (acquired at the above gallery) ;Taiwan, private collection ; Paris, Galerie Univers du Bronze, 27-29 rue de Penthièvre, 75008 ; French private collection.

Literature: A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin et le Bronze, catalogue des œuvres conservées au Musée Rodin, Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2007, Tome I, model reproduced page 292.

A notice of inclusion in the Catalogue critique de l’œuvre sculpté d’Auguste Rodin, currently being prepared by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay, dated April 7, 2009, under no. 2009-2553B will be given to the buyer.