Auguste Rodin

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 8th October 1986, lot 158
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Georges Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, no. 121, illustration of the plaster
Ionel Jianou & Cécile Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, illustration of another cast p. 90
John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, illustration of another cast pp. 130-132
Albert E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, A Photographic Record of Sculpture in the Making, Oxford, 1980, vol. II, illustration of another cast p. 22
Catherine Lampert, Rodin, Sculpture & Drawings, Great Britain, 1986, illustration of another cast p. 105
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, illustration of another cast p. 573

With a dark brown to greenish patina. Minor surface dirt. there are a few minor scratches to the patina (on his left arm, right shoulder blade, and near the base). Some patina loss to the buttocks and just below. Overall the work is in good condition and would likely benefit from a surface clean and light waxing. Overall the catalogue illustration is somewhat dark and hard to read but the work is a crisp cast in good condition in reality.
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