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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 129

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Giganti, torse masculin, version sans terrasse

Closed6 November 2008

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Giganti, torse masculin, version sans terrasse
signed and dated 'A. Rodin c by musée Rodin 1966' (on the right side); inscribed with foundry mark '.Georges Rudier..Fondeur.Paris.' (on the left side); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with black and green patina
Height: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.)
Conceived circa 1880-1885; this bronze version cast in 1966

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above, March 1967).
Private collection, Connecticut (acquired from the above, circa 1970).
Acquired from the above 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 2008-2023B.