AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Age d'airain, petit modèle dit aussi 2ème réduction
signed 'Rodin' (on the base), inscribed with the foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (to the verso) and stamped with the raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside of the base)
bronze with black-brown patina
64.5 cm (25 3/8in). high
Conceived between 1875 - 1877, this reduction from November 1904. This bronze version cast by the Alexis Rudier Foundry between 1935 - 1945.