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FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF LILLIAN BROWSE
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Les yeux clos
Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Les yeux clos
signed 'A.Rodin' (below the left ear); dated and inscribed '© by Musée Rodin 1964' (on the back of the head); inscribed with the foundry mark 'G.Rudier.Fond.Paris.' (on the back of the base); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with green and brown patina
height: 4 1⁄2 in. (11.4 cm.)
Conceived circa 1885-1890, and cast in bronze by Georges Rudier, Paris, in April 1964, in an edition of 12
Les yeux clos
signed 'A.Rodin' (below the left ear); dated and inscribed '© by Musée Rodin 1964' (on the back of the head); inscribed with the foundry mark 'G.Rudier.Fond.Paris.' (on the back of the base); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with green and brown patina
height: 4 1⁄2 in. (11.4 cm.)
Conceived circa 1885-1890, and cast in bronze by Georges Rudier, Paris, in April 1964, in an edition of 12
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Roland, Browse & Delbanco Gallery, London, by whom acquired from the above in September 1964.
Lillian Browse, London, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Roland, Browse & Delbanco Gallery, London, by whom acquired from the above in September 1964.
Lillian Browse, London, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. II, Paris, 2007, no. S. 633, pp. 715-716 (another version illustrated p. 715).
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'œuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2022-6579B.
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