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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 494 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION 

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Masque de femme coiffée à la mode de 1880

Closed10 February 2011

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GBP 51,650

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Masque de femme coiffée à la mode de 1880
with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1880; this bronze version cast between 1905 and 1910 by the Alexis Rudier foundry

Private collection, Bern, by 1930 and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 3 July 1981, lot 303.
Acquired at the above sale 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 2010-3336B.