Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
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Auguste Rodin
Le Baiser, 1ère réduction dite aussi "réduction n°1"
- Estimate
- HK$10,000,000 - 15,000,000€1,140,000 - 1,710,000$1,280,000 - 1,920,000
HK$11,745,000
Lot Details
bronze with brown/green patina
incised with the artist’s signature 'Rodin' centre right and foundry mark 'F. Barbedienne, Fondeur' on left lower edge; further incised and numbered 'VL 82' on the underside
71.4 x 43.6 x 45.8 cm. (28 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 18 in.)
Conceived in 1886 in a larger scale, this scale was conceived in 1898 and the present lifetime example was cast in bronze by F. Barbedienne Fondeur in May 1914. This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive no. 2016-5059B.
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