Live Auction 19983The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Palm Beach
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Lot 198

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Douleur no. 2 dit aussi 'nu féminin appuyé sur un rocher'

Closed30 March 2021

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Douleur no. 2 dit aussi 'nu féminin appuyé sur un rocher'
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin 2/12' (on the front of the rock); inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier.Fondeur. Paris' (on the back of the rock)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Conceived circa 1887; this bronze version cast in 1951

Musée Rodin, Paris.
Galerie Hughette Bérès, Paris (acquired from the above, circa 1952).

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Critique de l’Œuvre Sculpté d'Auguste Rodin, currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at the Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2021-6321B.