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AUGUSTE RODIN(1840-1917)Étude pour Le secret
17 October 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£50,000 - £70,000
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AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Étude pour Le secret
signed 'A. Rodin' (at the base)
bronze with black-green patina
11.9 x 6.2cm (4 11/16 x 2 7/16in).
Conceived in 1910, this bronze version cast by the Alexis Rudier foundry for the Musée Rodin in 1934.
signed 'A. Rodin' (at the base)
bronze with black-green patina
11.9 x 6.2cm (4 11/16 x 2 7/16in).
Conceived in 1910, this bronze version cast by the Alexis Rudier foundry for the Musée Rodin in 1934.
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.
Sacha Guitry Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 1941).
Lana Marconi Collection, Paris (by descent from the above in 1957); her sale (Sacha Guitry Estate), Tajan, Paris, 26 November 1976, lot 16.
Lavigne Collection, Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection (by descent from the above); their sale, Sotheby's, Olympia, 20 October 2004, lot 39.
Private collection, UK and Greece (acquired at the above sale).