Lot 51
  • 51

AUGUSTE RODIN | Danseur courbé vers la droite, un pied en l'air et les bras joints au-dessus de la tête - Etude de patineur sur glace?

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Auguste Rodin
  • Danseur courbé vers la droite, un pied en l'air et les bras joints au-dessus de la tête - Etude de patineur sur glace?
  • ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
  • drawing: 6,9 x 5,3 cm ; 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. ; artist's mount: 8,2 x 10,7 cm; 3 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.
  • Executed circa 1870.

Provenance

(Probably) Auguste Beuret, Paris (the artist's son)
Loïe Fuller, Paris
Jean & Paule Cailac, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Executed on yellow wove paper, laid down on artist's mount, affixed to the mount with transparent plastic supports. Drawing: The all four edges are deckled. There are a few faint dots of minor discolouration to the centre of the composition. Artist's mount: The left edge is deckled with some minor nicks and a tiny paper loss to the upper left corner. All other edges are slighty unevenly cut. There are a few flattened creases and faint handling marks in places. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné des dessins et peintures d’Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) being prepared by Christina Buley-Uribe under the archive number 180327.