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36. AUGUSTE RODIN (1840–1917)
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36. AUGUSTE RODIN (1840–1917)
See original version (French)
Estimate €12,000 - €15,000
Voluntary lot
Description
36. AUGUSTE RODIN (1840–1917)
Sculpture: Small Head of the Man with the Broken Nose
Sketch for *The Gates of Hell*, variant with a symmetrical neck
Created before 1889
Cast by Alexis Rudier, circa 1925
Signed ‘A. Rodin’ and bearing the caster’s mark
Patinated bronze; marble
H: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); W: 7.1 cm (2 3/4 in.); D: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
This work will be included in the Critical Catalogue of the Sculptural Works of Auguste Rodin, currently being prepared by the Brame & Lorenceau gallery under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay, under catalogue number 2019 5940B.
Provenance
Private collection, France
Bibliography
J. L. Tancock, *The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin*, David R. Godine, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 477, no. 79-4 for another example
See original version (French)
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