Lot 3208 - A207 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday, 01. December 2023, 04.30 PM
AUGUSTE RODIN
(Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
Mouvement de danse, étude type F. 1911.
Bronze, black-brown patina. Cast from 1954.
Signed and numbered on the sole of the supporting foot: A. Rodin N°2.
26.6 × 25.7 × 14.4 cm.
We would like to thank the Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, Jérôme Le Blay and François Lorenceau, Comité Auguste Rodin, for confirming the authenticity of the work.
Certificate:
Comité Auguste Rodin, Paris, 14.5.2023.
Provenance:
- Musée Rodin, Paris.
- Lefebvre-Foinet & Co., Paris, acquired directly from the Musée Rodin in March 1955.
- Curt Valentin, Buchholz Gallery, New York, acquired from the above gallery in March 1955.
- Private collection USA.
- Ellen Schuppli-Steinberg collection, Zurich, by descent from the above.
- Private collection Switzerland, by descent from the above in 2006.
In advanced years, August Rodin became enthusiastic about contemporary dance. At the dance school of Isadora Duncan, he finally had the opportunity to sketch the students during their dance classes. The result was a series of sculptures of different dance positions. The figures were conceived in 1911, but it was not until 1953 that they were cast in bronze. There are 13 examples of the present bronze "Mouvement de danse, étude type F", all cast between 1953 and 1957.
Certificate:
Comité Auguste Rodin, Paris, 14.5.2023.
Provenance:
- Musée Rodin, Paris.
- Lefebvre-Foinet & Co., Paris, acquired directly from the Musée Rodin in March 1955.
- Curt Valentin, Buchholz Gallery, New York, acquired from the above gallery in March 1955.
- Private collection USA.
- Ellen Schuppli-Steinberg collection, Zurich, by descent from the above.
- Private collection Switzerland, by descent from the above in 2006.
In advanced years, August Rodin became enthusiastic about contemporary dance. At the dance school of Isadora Duncan, he finally had the opportunity to sketch the students during their dance classes. The result was a series of sculptures of different dance positions. The figures were conceived in 1911, but it was not until 1953 that they were cast in bronze. There are 13 examples of the present bronze "Mouvement de danse, étude type F", all cast between 1953 and 1957.
CHF 25 000 / 35 000 | (€ 25 770 / 36 080)
Sold for CHF 32 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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