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Lot 225 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CARAL GIMBEL LEBWORTH

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

L'Ombre, taille originale dite taille de la Porte

Closed7 May 2009

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'Ombre, taille originale dite taille de la Porte
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the top of the base); dated and inscribed with foundry mark 'c by musée Rodin 1967 .Georges Rudier. .Fondeur.Paris.' (on the side of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 37¼ in. (94.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1880; this bronze version cast in 1967

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, November 1967.

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 2009-2512B.