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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 308 Property from the Estate of Charles E. Curry

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Saint Jean Baptiste, petit modèle dite aussi 'réduction no. 2'

Closed2 May 2012

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Saint Jean Baptiste, petit modèle dite aussi 'réduction no. 2'
signed 'A Rodin' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark, inscribed and dated 'Georges.Rudier Fondeur.Paris © by musée Rodin 1955' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 19¾ in. (50.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1878-1880; this bronze version cast in 1955

Musée Rodin, Paris.
World House Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, December 1955).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, December 1962.

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 2011-3547B.