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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 2, 2010 | Christie's | Paris | Art Impressionniste et Moderne | 34 | $****** - ****** | Le Baiser (Réduction No. 3) |
sculpture
39.7 cm (15.63 in)
bronze with brown patina
signed 'Rodin' (right, on the upper part of the base) and with foundry stamp 'F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur.' (on left side of base); with numbers 'D' (on the edge) and with inscription '61596 ogl 511' (inside base)
Gustave Caille, Paris. Francine Loriot, Bavent (par descendance).
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel.
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1947, p. 142 (modèle en marbre illustré, pl. 71). C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1962 (grand modèle en marbre illustré, p. 49). A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 218 (grande épreuve en bronze illustrée, p. 63). I. Jianou et C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 102 (modèle en marbre illustré, pl. 54-55). R. Descharnes et J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 130 (grand modèle en marbre illustré). C. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, Londres, 1970, no. 49 (grand modèle en marbre illustré). J.L. Tancock, The Sculptures of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphie, 1976, pp. 72, 90 et 108 (modèle en marbre illustré, p. 77). M. Laurent, Rodin, Paris, 1988, no. 2, p. 104 (modèle en marbre illustré, p. 105). A. Le Normand-Romain, Le Baiser de Rodin, Paris, 1995 (une autre épreuve en bronze illustrée). A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin et le bronze, catalogue des oeuvres conservées au Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. I, pp. 158-163 (autres épreuves en bronze illustrées, pp. 158-162; modèle en marbre illustré, p. 163).
