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Lot 310
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Torse féminin assis or Torse Morhardt, grand modèle
Closed5 May 2011
Price Realised
USD 80,500
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Specialist note
This sculpture 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 2009-2500B.
Torse féminin assis initially took the name Torse Morhardt after its first owner, Matias Morhardt. Morhardt was a journalist and critic from Geneva, who was a staunch admirer of the sculptor and who stood up for Rodin when he was criticized for giving his Muse tragique to the city of Geneva.
The Alexis Rudier foundry created five casts of this work, including the present lot, between 1945 and 1951 at the request of the Musée Rodin. Between 1955 and 1958, nine additional casts were made and numbered by Georges Rudier foundry.
Torse féminin assis initially took the name Torse Morhardt after its first owner, Matias Morhardt. Morhardt was a journalist and critic from Geneva, who was a staunch admirer of the sculptor and who stood up for Rodin when he was criticized for giving his Muse tragique to the city of Geneva.
The Alexis Rudier foundry created five casts of this work, including the present lot, between 1945 and 1951 at the request of the Musée Rodin. Between 1955 and 1958, nine additional casts were made and numbered by Georges Rudier foundry.