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AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

Lot 41
30.06.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
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€ 10 739 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 780387
Lot 41 | AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Estimate value
€ 9 000 000 – 14 000 000
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

Penseur, Taille de la Porte dit "Moyen Modèle"

Signé 'A. Rodin' (sur le rocher en bas à droite); avec la marque du fondeur 'ALEXIS. Rudier Fondeur PARIS' (à l'arrière du rocher à droite); avec le cachet de la signature en relief 'A. Rodin' (à l’intérieur)

Bronze à patine brun foncé

71,3 x 42 x 58,3 cm. (28 1⁄8 x 16 1⁄2 x 23 in.)

Conçu en 1880; cette épreuve fondue vers 1928.





Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris ;

Weston Thorn, New York (vers 1989) ;

Vente, Sotheby's, New York, 15 novembre 1989, lot 26 ;

Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo (acquis au cours de cette vente) ;

Collection particulière, Japon ;

Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo ; vente, Christie's, New York, 13 novembre 1996, lot 6 ;

Acquis au cours de cette vente.



Literature

G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1929, p. 73-74, no. 167-169 (une autre version illustrée).

G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, p. 24-25, no. 55-56 (une autre épreuve illustrée, p. 25).

A. E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 52-57 (la version monumentale illustrée, p. 52 et 54).

I. Jianou et C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 42 et 88 (une autre épreuve illustrée, pl. 11).

J. de Caso et P. B. Sanders, Rodin's Thinker, Significant Aspects, Burlingame, 1973, p. 1-29 (illustré, pls. 1-6).

J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, The Collection of the Rodin Museum Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 111-116, no. 3a (la version monumentale illustrée, p. 113 et 115).

J. de Caso et P. B. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture, A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection, San Francisco, 1977, p. 131-138, no. 19 (une autre version illustrée, p. 130, 132, 135-136 et 138).

A. E. Elsen, Rodin's Thinker and the Dilemmas of Modern Public Sculpture, Westford, 1985, p. 4, 11, 12 et 17 (une autre version illustrée, p. 5, 10, 13-14, 16, 49-51).

A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin et le bronze, Catalogue des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. II, p. 584-595, no. S. 788 (autres versions et épreuves illustrées, p. 584-594).



Post lot text

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917), PENSEUR, TAILLE DE LA PORTE DIT "MOYEN MODÈLE", SIGNED 'A. RODIN' (ON THE ROCK, LOWER RIGHT); WITH THE FOUNDRY MARK 'ALEXIS. RUDIER FONDEUR PARIS' (ON THE BACK OF THE ROCK, TO THE RIGHT); WITH THE RAISED SIGNATURE 'A. RODIN' (INSIDE), BRONZE WITH DARK BROWN PATINA, CONCEIVED IN 1880; THIS BRONZE CAST CIRCA 1928.
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