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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 23

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Baigneuse accroupie sans bras ni pieds, Grand Modèle

Closed16 December 2014

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EUR 23,750

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Baigneuse accroupie sans bras ni pieds, Grand Modèle
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin no. 2' (on the back of the right leg); with the foundry mark 'Georges Rudier. Fondeur Paris' (on the underside of the left leg); and inscribed and dated 'by Musée Rodin 1963' (on the back of the figure).
bronze with a dark brown patina
24.5 cm. high
Conceived circa 1890-1900 and cast in 1963 in an edition of 12

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Acquired from the above by Maximilian Schell in December 1963.

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 2014-4494B.