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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 378 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Baigneuse assise se tenant les pieds, version avec tête, petit modèle

Closed6 February 2020

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Baigneuse assise se tenant les pieds, version avec tête, petit modèle
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No. 1' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Rudier Fondeur. Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
8 3/8 x 7 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (21.4 x 18.7 x 17.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1888-1893; this bronze version cast in an edition of twelve in 1955

Martin Fabiani, Paris.
The Lefevre Gallery [Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.], London, by whom acquired in 1955.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner on 21 December 1955, and thence by descent.

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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 2019-6116B.