PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE UK COLLECTION
Lot 2
AUGUSTE RODIN(1840-1917)Main gauche dite no. 20, petit modèle
20 April 2023, 16:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £15,300 inc. premium
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AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Main gauche dite no. 20, petit modèle
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front of the wrist); inscribed with the foundry mark 'G. Rudier. Fond Paris.' (on the back of the wrist)
bronze with brown-black patina
4.9cm (1 15/16in). high
Conceived between 1890 and 1908, this bronze version cast by the Georges Rudier Foundry between 1966 and 1969 in an edition of 9.
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front of the wrist); inscribed with the foundry mark 'G. Rudier. Fond Paris.' (on the back of the wrist)
bronze with brown-black patina
4.9cm (1 15/16in). high
Conceived between 1890 and 1908, this bronze version cast by the Georges Rudier Foundry between 1966 and 1969 in an edition of 9.
Footnotes
This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté, currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame & Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay.
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Private collection, Spain.
Private collection, Spain (by descent from the above); their sale, Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 11 November 2008, lot 225.
Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).