Live Auction 2217Impressionist Modern Day Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 249

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Baiser, 4ème réduction ou petite modèle

Closed4 November 2009

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USD 266,500

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Baiser, 4ème réduction ou petite modèle
signed 'Rodin' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR.' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1886; this bronze version cast in 1898-1918

Private collection, France.
Anon. sale, Drouot Estimations, Paris, 20 June 2006, lot 140.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 20 June 2007, lot 320.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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 2006V1129B.