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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Balzac, étude type C (buste), deuxième version, grand modèle

Closed12 November 2018

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude type C (buste), deuxième version, grand modèle
signed, dated and inscribed 'A. Rodin © by musée Rodin 1963' (on the right side); inscribed with foundry mark '.Georges Rudier. .Fondeur.Paris.' (on the back); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 3/8 in. (31.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1892; this bronze version cast in 1963

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above, February 1964).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, April 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 2018-5780B.