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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2025 | Alphonse Legros | Sotheby's | London | ||||
sculpture
33.2 cm (13.07 in)
bronze
Constantine ("Constantin") Alexander Ionidès, London (acquired from the artist in June 1882)
Leicester Galleries, London
Albert Eugène Gallatin, New York (acquired from the above)
Estate of Albert Eugène Gallatin, New York
Parke Bernett Galleries, New York, The Estate Sale of Albert Gallatin , 30 December 1953, lot 44 (consigned by the above)
James Graham & Sons, Inc., New York (acquired from the above sale)
Geraldine Rockefeller-Dodge, New York (probably acquired from the above)
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1961 by the present owner
London, Grosvenor Gallery, Rodin , 1882, no. 382b, listed in the Grosvenor Notes accompanying the illustrated catalogue
Alain Beausire, Quand Rodin Exposait , Paris, 1888, p. 78
Léon Maillard, Études sur quelque artistes originaux, Auguste Rodin statuaire , Paris, 1899, p. 111
Frederick Lawton, The Life and Work of Auguste Rodin , London, 1906, pp. 89 and 239
Judith Cladel, Rodin, London, 1936, p. 146-48
Georges Grappe, Rodin, Paris, 1939, no. 26
John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin , Philadelphia, 1976, no. 84, p. 493-95, another cast illustrated
Frederic V. Grunfeld, Rodin: A Biography , New York, 1988, pp. 135-42
Cécile Goldscheider, Rodin. Catalogue raisonné de l"œuvre sculpté , Paris, 1989, no. 121
Ruth Butler, Rodin: The Shape of Genius , New Haven and London, 1993, pp. 164-69
Joy Newton, "Rodin is a British Institution" in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 136, no. 1011, 1994, pp. 822-23
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of the Works in the Musée Rodin , vol. 2, Paris, 2007, no. S.1060, pp. 481-82, another cast illustrated
Four Rodin Bronzes from The Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Collection
Auguste Rodin
1840 - 1917
Alphonse Legros
bronze
height: 33.2 cm. 13⅛ in.
Conceived in 1881-82; this example cast in June 1882. The present work is from an edition of 3 cast by the Gruet Jeune Foundry, Paris in addition to at least 13 known examples.
This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Critique de l"œuvre sculpté d"Auguste Rodin being currently prepared by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2015-4618B.
