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Lot 210 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CARAL GIMBEL LEBWORTH

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Main no. 20, petit modèle

Closed7 May 2009

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USD 10,000

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Main no. 20, petit modèle
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front of the wrist); inscribed with foundry mark 'G.Rudier .Fond Paris.' (on the back of the wrist)
bronze with dark green and black patina
Height: 2 in. (5.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1890-1908; this bronze version cast in 1967

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the late owner, September 1967.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2009-2513B.