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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 1299

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Homme à genoux dit aussi "homme du fugit amor"

Closed15 May 2015

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Homme à genoux dit aussi "homme du fugit amor"
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No 6' (on the rock); inscribed with foundry mark '.Georges Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.' (on the back of the head); inscribed and dated '© by Musée Rodin 1960.' (on the back of the arm)
bronze with brown and green patina
Length: 12 ¾ in. (32.4 cm.)
Conceived circa 1888; this bronze version cast in 1960

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

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 2010-3088B.