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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 301

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Buste de jeune fille aux fleurs dans les cheveux

Closed7 November 2007

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Buste de jeune fille aux fleurs dans les cheveux
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the left side); numbered and inscribed with foundry mark 'No. 5 Fonderie de Coubertin c by Musée Rodin' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 19 in. (48.3 cm.)
Conceived circa 1868; this bronze version cast in 1979

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo (acquired from the above, April 1980).
Itoman Co., Ltd., Shikokuchuo.
Acquired by the present owner, 1991.

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 2002V429B.