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Lot 52

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Head of Eustache de Saint-Pierre
Bronze
Eustache de Saint-Pierre, Type A Head (Eustache de Saint Pierre, tête Type A).

Conceived in 1885-86. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 1968 in 10 casts by Georges Rudier, nos. 3 -12, from 1968-1976. This example marked 'copyright Musée Rodin 1973'. Signed 'A. Rodin'. Bearing stamp of 'Georges Rudier / Fondeur Paris'. Documentation confirms it as cast No. 9, with registration number 2902.

Set on tiered wooden stand.

Item comes with a certificate from the Musée Rodin, 16th May 1974.
Height of bronze 33 x 21.7 x 25 cm | Total height (including stand) 49 cm

Estimate $80,000 - $120,000

Sold for $150,000


'Auguste Rodin 1840-1917, The Burghers of Calais', David Jones' Art Gallery, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, March 5-30 1974
Private Collection, Sydney


'Auguste Rodin 1840-1917, The Burghers of Calais', David Jones' Art Gallery, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, March 5-30 1974, catalogue No. 17


Georges Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1938, No. 150, p. 61. Illustration is of another cast
John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 401
Joan Vita Miller and Gary Marotta, Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, p. 97-98
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain et al, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, S.390, p. 230. Ilustration is of another cast

The Collector's Auction

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8295
6:30pm - 26 March 2019
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
 Friday 22 March - Monday 25 March, 10am-4pm
Tuesday 26 March, 10am-2pm

CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au

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