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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 250 THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Main droite n°30

Closed12 November 2018

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Main droite n°30
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the wrist); inscribed with foundry mark 'G. Rudier. .Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back of the wrist)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 4 ¾ in. (11.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1910; this bronze version cast in 1961

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Edgardo Acosta Gallery, La Jolla (acquired from the above, April 1963).
Private collection, United States.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 February 1999, lot 97.
Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2000, lot 152.
Acquired at the above sale 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 Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2000-393BB.