Lot 26
  • 26

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 AUD
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • TÊTE TRAGIQUE
  • Inscribed and numbered A. Rodin no. 7 (on reverse); stamped with the foundry mark Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris and © by Musée Rodin 1965 (beneath on reverse); bears artist's name and title on underside of base
  • Bronze
  • Height 16cm
  • Conceived circa 1908; cast in an edition of 12

Provenance

David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney
The late Dr and Mrs D. R. Sheumack; purchased from the above in 1969; thence by descent

Exhibited

An exhibition of fifty bronzes by Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 12 September - 25 October 1969, cat. 25

Literature

Robyn Christie and Justin Miller, The D.R. Sheumack Collection, Eighty Years of Australian Paintings, Sydney: Sotheby's Australia Pty. Ltd., 1988, pl. 121 (illus.)

Condition

This sculpture is in good original condition.
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