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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 432 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Grande main gauche

Closed10 February 2011

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GBP 73,250

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Grande main gauche
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the right side); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Georges Rudier.Fondeur.Paris' (on the back of the wrist); inscribed '© by musée Rodin 1960' (underneath)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1903; this bronze cast in 1966

Acquired by the father of the present owner in the mid-1970s.

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 2010-3323B.