Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) - Lot 60

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) - Lot 60
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Left hand n°35 Circa 1966 Bronze with greenish-brown patina Signed "A. Rodin" on the wrist Bears the founder's mark "Georges Rudier/ Fondeur Paris" and the copyright of the Musée Rodin with the date "1966". H.14.5 cm, on a black Belgian marble base H. H. 6.3 cm Provenance: Musée Rodin, 1966 Our bronze is the eighth of an original edition limited to twelve. A purchase invoice from the Musée Rodin will be given to the purchaser. Related works : - Auguste Rodin, Main gauche dit main n°35, patinated plaster, H. 14.6 x W. 6 x D. 6 cm, Paris, Musée Rodin, inv. S.01351 ; - Auguste Rodin, Main gauche dit main n°35, plaster, H. 14.6 x W. 6 x D. 6 cm, Paris, Musée Rodin, inv. S.05347. Related literature: - Rodin, les mains, les chirurgiens, cat. exp. exhibition, Paris, Musée Rodin, November 30 1983-January 9 1984, Le Plessis-Robinson, impr. Blanchard, 1983 ; - Hélène Marraud, Rodin : la main révèle l'homme, Paris, Editions du musée rodin, 2005; - Chloé Ariot, "La main : un portrait en acte", in Ophélie Ferlier Bouat, Jérôme Godeau, Rodin/Bourdelle, Corps à corps, cat. exp., Paris,musée Bourdelle, October 2, 2024-February 2, 2025, Paris, Paris Musées, pp. 74-85. Throughout his career, Rodin was interested in the idea of the fragment, his artistic project being to strive for the essential. In the corpus of these fragments, he was particularly fascinated by hands. He repeated them in series, with variations, and reused them in his famous assemblages.
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