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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 418 Property from a Distinguished French Collection

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

L'Eternelle idole, petit modèle

Closed4 November 2010

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'Eternelle idole, petit modèle
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin 2/12' (on the left side); inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur. Paris.' (on the right side)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1889; this bronze version cast in 1930

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Gilbert de Voisiris, Paris (acquired from the above, 1937).
Paul Alfassa, Paris.
By descent from the above to the previous 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 2009-2886B.