Lot 122
  • 122

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • Main droite, moyen modèle
  • Inscribed with the signature A. Rodin, numbered No.12, dated © by musée Rodin 1969 and inscribed with the foundry mark .Georges Rudier. Fondeur. Paris.; stamped with the raised signature A. Rodin (on the interior)
  • Bronze
  • Height: 10 1/4 in.
  • 26 cm

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris (acquired from the above in October 1969)
Irving Galleries, Milwaukee (acquired from the above in October 1969)
Acquired from the above

Condition

Dark green patina, mounted to a square black base at one point on the underside. Surface is clean. Several tiny losses to the patina where the thumb meets the wrist, where the index and middle finger meet the palm, and on the back of the hand between the thumb and the index finger. Otherwise fine. This work is in good condition.
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