Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 1294

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Néréides, grand modèle dit aussi "Trois sirènes" ou "La Vague"

Closed15 May 2015

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Néréides, grand modèle dit aussi "Trois sirènes" ou "La Vague"
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front of the base); inscribed with foundry mark '.Georges Rudier Fondeur. Paris.' (on the left side of the base); inscribed and dated '© by musée Rodin 1968' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with black and green patina
Height: 17 1/8 in. (43.2 cm.)
Length: 17 ¾ in. (45.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1887; this bronze version cast in 1968

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo (acquired from the above, January 1969).
Private collection, Japan (1976).
Acquired from the above by 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 Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2014-4540B.