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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 13, 2016 | Osenat | Versailles | TABLEAUX XIXE SIÈCLE, IMPRESSIONNISTES, POST-IMPRESSIONNISTES, MODERNES ET CONTEMPORAINS - SCULPTURES - TAPISSERIES | 52 | $****** - ****** | CRYING LION or “KEEP WELL” |
sculpture
27.7 x 33.6 x 17 cm (10.91 x 13.23 x 6.69 in)
Bronze with nuanced green-brown patina
signed, mark of the founder “Georges RUDIER fondeur Paris” and of the publisher “e musée Rodin, 1955”
Auguste RODIN - 1840-1917
CRYING LION or “KEEP WELL”, 1881
Bronze with nuanced green-brown patina signed, mark of the founder “Georges RUDIER fondeur Paris” and of the publisher “e musée Rodin, 1955”.
On the reverse, leveled stamp in relief “A. Rodin” with number 650 in red pencil”.
Height: 27.7 cm - Width: 33.6 cm - Depth: 17 cm
The only truly animal sculpture by Rodin, the Weeping Lion was modeled in 1881 for the tomb of the wife of Edmond Turquet, the Under-Secretary of State for Fine Arts at the origin of the commission from the young sculptor de la Porte from Hell in 1880. The lion and the motto “Garde Bien” are part of the arms of the Montgomery family, to which Edmond Turquet"s wife belonged, 1881 evoking the date of the latter"s death. Tradition or legend has it that Rodin attended Antoine-Louis Barye"s drawing lessons at the Paris Natural History Museum in the 1860s, and that he presented the latter with an animal sculpture which would have earned him in substance this appreciation of the master: “that is very good, young man, now we must finish it”.
The edition currently includes twelve listed prints, produced between 1887 and 1955.
Proofs made during the artist"s lifetime (4 copies):
- 1 copy cast by Alexis Rudier around 1887 published by Rodin for himself “as a souvenir”.
- 1 copy cast by Alexis Rudier around 1887 offered by Rodin to Monsieur Deglos, son-in-law of Edmond Turquet for his marriage.
- 1 copy cast by Alexis Rudier around 1902 patinated by Jean Limet (Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria).
- 1 copy melted by Alexis Rudier around 1902 by Jean Limet.
Proofs produced by the Rodin Museum (8 copies):
- 1 copy cast by Alexis Rudier in 1925, sent to Mr. Brown Howard 165 Broadway in New York City (USA).
- 1 copy cast by Alexis Rudier in 1945 (National Galleries of Scotland).
-6 copies melted by Georges Rudier in 1955 (Iris and B. Gerald Ca cm
