Lot 353
  • 353

Auguste Rodin

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • Succube
  • Inscribed A. Rodin 
  • Bronze
  • Height: 9 1/4 in.
  • 23.4 cm

Provenance

Eric Pape, Annisquam (acquired before 1895)
Sale: Skinner, Boston, May 15, 1990, lot 119
Bruton Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale)
John Dintenfass, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996

Literature

Georges Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1929, no. 224, illustration of another cast p. 91
John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, illustration of another cast p. 219
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. II, Paris, 2007, no. S.520, this cast mentioned p. 660, illustrations of another cast pp. 659 & 660

Condition

Attractive golden brown patina. Some surface dirt in the deeper crevices. Spot of patina rubbing on back of figure's left foot; otherwise fine. Please note that the base of this work has been in-filled. This work is in overall very condition.
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