Auction on
13 March 2021 - 14:00 (CET) -
96, avenue Félix-Geneslay - 72000 Le Mans
Once in the Marcel Guérin collection, this drawing belongs to a group the sculptor made between 1906 and 1908 on the theme of female Cambodian dancers.
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Danseuse cambodgienne (Female Cambodian Dancer), 1906-1908, graphite, watercolor and black pencil highlights on vellum, signed “Aug. Rodin” in graphite, 30.7 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in). Estimate: €20,000/30,000
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Danseuse cambodgienne (Female Cambodian Dancer), 1906-1908, graphite, watercolor and black pencil highlights on vellum, signed “Aug. Rodin” in graphite, 30.7 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in). Estimate: €20,000/30,000
Rodin discovered these dancers with utter delight during King Sisowath I’s state visit to France in July 1906. "I gazed at them in ecstasy,” he said. “When they left, I thought they were taking the beauty of the world away with them." Rodin…
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