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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 406

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Main gauche de pianiste, grand modèle

Closed19 June 2013

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GBP 79,875

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Main gauche de pianiste, grand modèle
signed, numbered and inscribed 'A.Rodin No 3 (c) by musée Rodin 1966 Georges RUDIER Fondeur PARIS' (on the wrist)
bronze with green patina
Height: 7¼ in. (18.4 cm.)
Conceived circa 1890-1895, the larger version conceived circa 1905 and cast in 1966 in an edition of twelve

Musée Rodin, Paris.
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, by whom acquired from the above in May 1966.
Acquired from the above by the family of 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 2013-4147B.