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Lot 10
AUGUSTE RODIN(1840-1917)Torse d'homme, petit modèle dit aussi 'no. 220' 16cm (6 5/16 in). high
12 – 13 October 2022, 16:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £24,225 inc. premium
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AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Torse d'homme, petit modèle dit aussi 'no. 220'
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the left leg), inscribed with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (under the right leg), inscribed '© 1971' and numbered 'no. 8' (on the support)
bronze with brown-green patina
16cm (6 5/16 in). high
Conceived circa 1885-1890, this bronze version cast by the Susse Foundry in 1971 in a numbered edition of 13.
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the left leg), inscribed with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (under the right leg), inscribed '© 1971' and numbered 'no. 8' (on the support)
bronze with brown-green patina
16cm (6 5/16 in). high
Conceived circa 1885-1890, this bronze version cast by the Susse Foundry in 1971 in a numbered edition of 13.
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.
Galerie Théo, Madrid (acquired from the above in October 1972).
Private collection, Spain.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2012, lot 375.
Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).
Literature
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Vol. II, Paris, 2007, no. S. 228 (another cast illustrated p. 692).
