AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Lot 417 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

Balzac, étude type C (buste), 3ème version, grand modèle

Closed29 June 2022

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GBP 40,320

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AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude type C (buste), 3ème version, grand modèle
stamped 'A. Rodin' (lower left, below the neck of the figure); inscribed with the foundry mark 'ALEXIS RUDIER Fondeur-PARIS' (on the back of the bust); stamped 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
height: 10 1⁄8 in. (25.6 cm)
Conceived in 1892, and cast in bronze by Alexis Rudier circa 1918-1927

Galerie Haussmann [Gustave Danthon], Paris.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 May 1934, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.