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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations
Auguste Rodin
Le Désespoir de la porte
Auction Closed
November 15, 10:48 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations
Auguste Rodin
1840 - 1917
Le Désespoir de la porte
inscribed with artist's signature and stamped with the foundry mark A. Rudier. Fondeur. Paris; stamped with artist's signature (on the underside)
bronze
height: 7 in.
17.8 cm.
Conceived in 1890; this example executed in 1944.
This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté d'Auguste Rodin being currently prepared by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2007-1276B.
Eugène Rudier, Le Vésinet (acquired from the above in February 1944)
William S. Paley, New York
Acquired by bequest in 1990 by the William S. Paley Foundation