Rodin and Modern Sculpture

Published on 27 May 2022, by Claire Papon

Auction on 03 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This sale focuses on Maillol, Pompon and especially Rodin, who demonstrated his modelling skills early on with The Age of Bronze.

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), The Age of Bronze, small model also called second reduction,... Rodin and Modern Sculpture

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), The Age of Bronze, small model also called second reduction, bronze with shaded brown-black patina, Rudier cast, 64.6 x 24.2 x 18.8 cm/25.43 x 9.52 x 7.40 in.
Estimate: €350,000/400,000

While The Age of Bronze dates from early in Rodin’s career—the plaster original was introduced in Brussels in 1877 and exhibited a few months later at the Salon de mai in Paris—it points to the genius of the future Master of Meudon. A skillful play of light and shadow, internalized emotion, vitality and realism…

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