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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 25, 2014 | Christie's | Paris | Art Impressionniste et Moderne | 8 | $****** - ****** | Le Baiser, 3ème Réduction |
sculpture
39.7 cm (15.63 in)
bronze with brown patina
signed 'Rodin' (on right, on large part of base) and with foundry stamp 'F. BARBEDIENNE Fondeur' (on right side of base); with inscription 'K' (below, on edge) and numbered '10' (inside)
Jules Lafourcade, Bayonne (dans les années 1930).
Collection particulière, France (par descendance); vente, Christie's, Paris, 14 juin 2010, lot 36. Galerie L'univers du bronze, Paris.
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel, en 2010.
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 142 (version en marbre illustrée, pl. 71). C. Goldscheider, Rodin, sa vie, son oeuvre, son héritage, Paris, 1962, p. 49 (version en marbre illustrée). A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 218 (une autre épreuve illustrée, p. 63). I. Jianou et C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 102 (version en marbre illustrée, pls. 54-55). R. Descharnes et J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (version en marbre illustrée, p. 131). C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculpture, Londres, 1970, no. 49 (version en marbre illustrée). J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphie, 1976, pp. 72, 90 et 108 (version en marbre illustrée, p. 77). M. Laurent, Rodin, Paris, 1988, p. 104, no. 2 (version en marbre illustrée, p. 105). A. Le Normand-Romain, Le Baiser de Rodin, Paris, 1995, p. 92, no. 42 (une autre épreuve illustrée). A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin et le bronze, catalogue des oeuvres conservées au Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. 1, pp. 159-163 (autres épreuves illustrées, pp. 159-162; version en marbre illustrée, p. 163).
