Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
Torse d'Adèle, modèle avec large base sous le buste, 1878/c. 1940
incised 'A. Rodin' (lower right side of pedestal), with the foundry mark 'A. Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the edge of the pedestal) and stamped with the raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the interior)
conceived in 1878, this bronze version was cast in the early 1940s by the Alexis Rudier foundry
bronze with dark brown patina
18 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 6 3/8in (48 x 20 x 16.2cm)
incised 'A. Rodin' (lower right side of pedestal), with the foundry mark 'A. Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the edge of the pedestal) and stamped with the raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the interior)
conceived in 1878, this bronze version was cast in the early 1940s by the Alexis Rudier foundry
bronze with dark brown patina
18 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 6 3/8in (48 x 20 x 16.2cm)
Sold for
US$ 176,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Musée Rodin, Paris, France
Collection of Robert Schasseur, Paris, France
Estate of Myriam Schasseur, New York, New York (thence by descent from the above)
LITERATURE:
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin et le Bronze, Paris, 2007, another cast illus. p. 681, no. S.6137
This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté d'Auguste Rodin currently in preparation by Brame & Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2010-3266B.
Present knowledge indicates that only two copies of this version of Torse d'Adèle are known. The other known copy is in the collection of the Musée Rodin.
Category: Fine Art / Contemporary Art
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