Lot 11
  • 11

Auguste Rodin 1840-1917

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • Masque de l'Homme au nez cassé avec socle
  • Inscribed A. Rodin / 1979 © by Musée Rodin, numbered 8/12 and stamped with the foundry mark Fonderie de Coubertin
  • Bronze, brown patina
  • Height: 18 1/2 in.
  • 47 cm.
  • Conceived circa 1864, this version conceived circa 1890 and cast in 1979.

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris
Cantor Fitzgerald Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1979)
Acquired from the above by the present owners

Exhibited

Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, 1990

Literature

John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 79, illustration of a related example p. 475

Condition

Good condition. Some scratches to base. The head portion of the sculpture is a relief. Verdigris covering interior of base.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Critique de l'Oeuvre Sculpté d'Auguste Rodin being currently prepared by the Comité Rodin under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2008-2339B.