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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 271

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Buste de Balzac jeune, étude d'après le portrait de Deveria

Closed9 May 2013

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Buste de Balzac jeune, étude d'après le portrait de Deveria
signed, numbered, inscribed, dated and inscribed with foundry mark 'A. Rodin No. 5/8 © BY MUSEE Rodin 1983 E. GODARD Fondr.' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 17¼ in. (43.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1891; this bronze version cast in 1983

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Bruton Gallery, London (acquired from the above, September 1985).
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1985.

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 2009-2849B.