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Auguste Rodin(French, 1840-1917)Right Hand (Hand nº 15), 1961
21 – 28 May 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$10,000 - US$15,000
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Jewel Bernier
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Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
Right Hand (Hand nº 15), 1961
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the inside of the wrist); with the foundry mark 'G. Rudier. / Fondeur Paris.' (on the back)
bronze with a nuanced brown patina, on a black marble plinth
7.5 x 3.9 x 2.4 cm (2 15/16 x 1 9/16 x 15/16 in)., without plinth
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the inside of the wrist); with the foundry mark 'G. Rudier. / Fondeur Paris.' (on the back)
bronze with a nuanced brown patina, on a black marble plinth
7.5 x 3.9 x 2.4 cm (2 15/16 x 1 9/16 x 15/16 in)., without plinth
Footnotes
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montéal (acquired from the previous, June 1962).
Private collection, Canada.
M. Cameron Thompson, U.S.A.
Sale, Christie's East, Impressionist and Modern Art, auction 7855, April 30, 1996, lot 14.
A private collection, Washington D.C. (acquired from the above).
By descent to the present Mid-Atlantic Estate (acquired from the previous).
Exhibited
Nice, Palais de la Méditerranée, Sculptures de Rodin, December 1961-February 1962, p. 34, nº 56.
N.B.
The design of the present work was first conceived in 1898. At least three proofs were executed for the Musée Rodin by the Alexis Rudier foundry between 1945 and 1952, followed by 8 proofs by the Scuderi foundry on behalf of the Georges Rudier foundry between 1962 and 1964. The present version was created for the Musée Rodin in 1961 by the Scuderi foundry on behalf of the Georges Rudier foundry using the lost-wax casting technique.
The present work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Critique de l'Oeuvre Sculpté d'Auguste Rodin in preparation by Brame & Lorenceau and Jérôme Le Blay (nº 2025-7337B).