Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 296 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED CANADIAN COLLECTOR

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Vénus, petit modèle dit aussi "Aphrodite, petit modèle"

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Vénus, petit modèle dit aussi "Aphrodite, petit modèle"
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No. 9' (on the top of the base); inscribed and dated '© by musée Rodin 1961.' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark '.Georges Rudier.. Fondeur. Paris.' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 19½ in. (49.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1889-1900; this bronze version cast in 1961

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, December 1964).
Acquired by the late owner, 1978.

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 2012-4052B.