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

Masque d'Hanako, étude type A, moyen modèle

Closed12 November 2018

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Masque d'Hanako, étude type A, moyen modèle
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side); inscribed with foundry mark 'ALEXIS.RUDIER. FONDEUR.PARIS' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1907-1908; this bronze version cast circa 1920-1925

Musée Rodin, Paris.
André Schoeller, Paris.
M. Wuester, Barbizon, France (acquired from the above, by 1940).
André Schoeller, Paris (acquired from the family of the above).
Galerie Nathan, Zurich (acquired from the above, circa 1948).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, July 1971.

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 2018-5690B.