Auguste Rodin - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    André Schoeller, Paris (acquired before 1956)
    Private Collection, Great Britain
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007

  • Exhibited

    London, Nevill Keating Tollemache, Auguste Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings & Photographs, June 6–30, 2005, pp. 30–31 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 31)

  • Literature

    Frank Davis, "Porcelain in its Own Right," Country Life, vol. CXLVIII, no. 3821, July 16, 1970, pp. 168–169 (another variant illustrated, p. 169)
    John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, no. 25-2, pp. 220, 222–223 (another variant illustrated, p. 223)
    Antoinette Le Norman-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, pp. 376–377 (another variant illustrated)

156

Frère et Soeur

incised with the artist's signature "A. Rodin" and stamped with the foundry mark "Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris" along the lower edge; stamped with the artist's signature "A. Rodin" in the interior
bronze
15 1/8 x 7 3/4 x 8 in. (38.4 x 19.7 x 20.3 cm)
Conceived circa 1890–1891 and cast by the Alexis Rudier Foundry, Paris, circa 1920–1930.

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. 2004V491B.

Estimate
$70,000 - 100,000 

Sold for $63,500

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023