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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 230

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Tête de Saint Jean-Baptiste jeune

Closed9 May 2013

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de Saint Jean-Baptiste jeune
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the left side of the base); dated and numbered '1986 E.A. III/IV' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 5½ in. (13.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1878; this bronze version cast in 1986

Michel Toselli, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 2000.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2011-3521B.