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Auguste Rodin (1834-1917)
Lot 278

Auguste Rodin (1834-1917)

Tête de Balzac, dernier état, version au col coupé derrière l'oreille

Fermé5 February 2008

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GBP 26,900

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Auguste Rodin (1834-1917)
Tête de Balzac, dernier état, version au col coupé derrière l'oreille
signed 'A.Rodin' (at the back); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier.Fondeur.Paris' (on the side); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Conceived circa 1897; this bronze version cast between 1925 and 1940

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Private collection, Los Angeles, by whom acquired in the 1960s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

The Comité Auguste Rodin under the direction of Jérome Le Blay will include this work in their forthcoming Rodin Catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté under the number 2007V1718B.