Description
THE MAN WITH THE BROKEN NOSE, MASK – TYPE II 2nd MODEL (1903)
Auguste RODIN
Bronze with green black patina, signed « A. Rodin » and marked « A. Rodin » in relief on the inside.
Cast by Alexis Rudier, bears the founder’s signature.
Height. 10.04″ x Width 7.88″ x Depth. 8.47″. Total height with onyx pedestal: 14.77″.
Circa 1926
Provenance: Musée Rodin, Paris. Eugène Rudier , Le Vésinet (purchased from the previous, 1942) Madame Adolphine Lanothe veuve Rudier (by descent, 1952) Monsieur Raymond Subes, Paris (by descent, 1957) Madame Raymond Subes née Mathilde Berton (by descent, 1970) Madame André Subes (by descent, 2001) By descent.
Literature: A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin et le bronze, catalogue des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, 2007, tome 2, pages 415 et 416 , model reproduced p. 414 et 415
Will be included in the forthcoming catalogue critique de l’œuvre sculpté d’Auguste Rodin, currently under preparation at the galerie Brame & Lorenceau, under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the number 2023-68606.
