Petite tête de l’homme au nez cassé

Details

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Petite tête de l’homme au nez cassé
signed 'A.Rodin' and with the foundry mark 'ALEXIS.RUDIER FONDEUR.PARIS' (on the neck)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.)
Conceived before 1889

Provenance

Acquired by the family of the present owner in the 1970s.

Literature

J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 79-4 (another version illustrated p. 477).
A. le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. 2, Paris, 2007 (another version illustrated p. 418).

Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under no. 2015-4666B.

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