AUGUSTE RODIN | (i) Cavalier de profil vers la gauche(ii) Cavalier dressant sa monture - rectoPersonnage tentant de maîtriser un cheval en mouvement - verso(iii) Cavalier de profil vers la gauche regardant derrière lui - rectoCavalier de profil vers la droite, brandissant une lance - verso(iv) Cavalier de profil vers la droite - rectoCavalier de profil vers la gauche - verso(v) Course de quatre chevaux(vi) Cavalier de profil vers la gauche

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

(i) Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, affixed to the overmount with tape in two places along the upper and lower edges. The lower edges are deckled. There is a small repaired tear to the upper right corner (approx. 1,5 cm long) and a minor crease to the upper left corner. There are some paper remnants, probably from a previous mounting of the verso. The sheet is slightly undulating, it is lightstained with tiny dots of foxing in places. This work is in overall good condition. (ii) Executed on cream wove lined paper, not laid down, affixed to the overmount in two points with tape along the upper and lower edges. The left edge is slightly unevenly cut. There are a few small tears to the upper left and lower right and left corners (not visible when framed). There are a few faint flattened creases in places. The sheet is lightstained, most notably on the recto. This work is in overall good condition. (iii) Executed on cram wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the overmount with tape along the upper edge. The upper and left edges are deckled and the right edge is unevenly cut. Recto: there is some minor paper skinning towards the upper and lower edges and to the upper part of the left edge. The sheet is slightly lighstained. Verso: there are a few minor vertical creases to the centre of the lower edge. The sheet is slightly timestained. This work is in overall good condition. (iv) Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, hinged to the overmount along the upper edge with tape. All four edges are deckled. Recto : there is some paper remnant to the lower left corner and some paper skinning to the lower right corner. There is a faint handling mark to the lower part of the left edge and the sheet is slightly lightstained. Verso: there is an horizontal flattened crease along the lower edge and a vertical smaller crease along the left edge. The sheet is slightly lightstained. This work is in overall good condition. (v) Executed on cream laid lined paper, not laid down, affixed to the overmount with tape along the upper and lower edges. There are three small tears (the larger of which is approx. 2 cm long) to the upper right and left corners and to the lower left corner. The sheet is sightly undulating. There is a tiny paper loss to the upper left tip with some associated faint flattened creases. There is another minor crease to the left part of the upper edge. The sheet is slightly lightstained. This work is in overall good condition. (vi) Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the overmount with tape along the upper edge. All four edges are slightly unevenly cut. There is some paper remnant on the verso. There is some paper skinning to all four corners (not visible when framed). The sheet is lightstained with some faint handling marks in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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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 180303 (i), 180304 (ii), 180302 (iii), 180307 (iv), 180305 (v) & 180306 (vi).