RODIN, Auguste, 1840–1917, - Lot 107

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RODIN, Auguste, 1840–1917, - Lot 107
RODIN, Auguste, 1840–1917, Alsatian Orphan, head-to-the-right version, terracotta proof covered with an ochre slip, on a marble pedestal (restorations, missing pieces, and damage), on the back: Rodin, Height: 32 cm without base; total height: 40 cm. Conceived in 1870, this test piece was likely stamped in the late 1870s. This work is included in the archives of the Rodin Committee for the publication of the *Catalogue Critique de l’Œuvre sculpté d’Auguste Rodin*, currently being prepared at the Brame et Lorenceau Gallery under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cécile Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptural Work, Volume I: 1840–1886, Wildenstein Institute Bibliothèque des Arts, Lausanne, 1989; a similar model and the marble version are listed under no. 35, pp. 58–59.
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