Auguste RODIN (1840-1917). - Lot 108

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Auguste RODIN (1840-1917). - Lot 108
Auguste RODIN (1840-1917). Young Mother at the cave or Young Mother or Woman and Child in a cave or Woman and child shell. Model created around 1885, probably a cast by GRIFFOUL and LORGE or by François RUDIER between 1887 and 1901. High relief in bronze with black patina, sand casting, signed " Rodin " on the right of the child's left arm. H. 37,5 cm. Presented on a green marble base. Provenance : Acquired by Jean PAISSEAU from Auguste RODIN around 1916 ; by descent. Related work : -Jessie LIPSCOMB, photographs of the Gate of Hell project, 1887, Paris, Musée RODIN, Ph. 23. Other examples listed in public collections: Plasters: -Auguste RODIN, Jeune mère à la grotte, 1885, plaster, H. 40,5 x W. 30,2 x D. 24 cm, Paris, Musée RODIN, inv.S.1196 ; -Auguste RODIN, Young mother at the cave, 1885, plaster, H. 36,5 x W. 28 cm, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. A.25-1924 ; - Auguste RODIN, Jeune mère à la grotte, plaster, H. 35,6 x W. 25,4 x D. 17,8 cm, Philadelphia, Philadelphia museum of Art, inv. F1929-7-102 ; Marbles : -Auguste RODIN, Jeune mère à la grotte, 1891, marble by Jean ESCOULA, H. 70.8 x W. 65.1 x D. 37 cm, Philadelphia, Philadelphia museum of Art, inv. 2010-11-1 ; -Auguste RODIN, Jeune mère à la grotte, ca. 1890, marble, signed, H. 62 cm, coll. Kasser Art Foundation, Oklahoma, Philbrook Museum ; -Auguste RODIN, Jeune mère à la grotte, marble, former DURAND-RUEL collection. Bronzes : -Auguste RODIN, Young mother in a cave, 1886, signed upper right "Rodin", bronze, H. 36 x W. 25.5 x D. 22 cm, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museum of Fine Arts, inv. 7776 ; -Auguste RODIN, Jeune mère à la grotte, bronze, signed upper right "Rodin", Ohio, Canton, Canton Museum of Art, inv. 46.47 ; -Auguste RODIN, Jeune mère à la grotte, bronze, signed upper right "Rodin", H. 38 x W. 26 x D. 14 cm, Paris, Musée Marmottan, inv. MM 5180 ; -Auguste RODIN, Jeune mère à la grotte, 1885, bronze, signed upper right "Rodin," H. 37.2 x W. 21 cm, Glasgow, Burrell Collection: European Statuary Bronzes, inv. 7.17. Related literature : -Georges LECOMTE, L'art impressioniste d'après la collection privée de M. DURAND-RUEL, Paris, Chamerot et Renouard, 1892, pp. 163-167 ; -Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of sculpture by Auguste RODIN, London, Pub. Under the authority of the Board of Education, 1925, pp. 20-22; -John TANCOCK, The Sculpture of Auguste RODIN: the collection of the RODIN museum Philadelphia, Philadephia, D. R. Godina, 1976, pp. 182-185; -Antoinette Le NORMAND-ROMAIN, " Un mécène aussi généreux que discret, les commandes de sculptures de Maurice FENAILLE à Rodin ", in Maurice FENAILLE. Les secrets d'un mécène, exhibition catalogue, Rodez, Musée Denys-Puech, 31 March-2 July 2000, pp. 51-78; -Antoinette Le NORMAND-ROMAIN, RODIN en Buenos Aires. Su influencia y de otros escultores franceses en la Argentina, cat. exp. Buenos Aires, Museo nacional de bellas artes, 16 October-2 December 2001, Buenos Aires, Fundacion Antorchas, 2001, pp. 26-27, p.156; -Antoinette Le NORMAND-ROMAIN, Les Bronzes de Rodin. Catalog des oeuvres au musée RODIN, Paris, musée RODIN, 2007, vol. 2, pp.469-472; -Dominique LOBSTEIN, " Auguste RODIN et la sculpture dans la collection MONET ", in Marianne MATHIEU, Dominique LOBSTEIN, MONET collectionneur, cat. exp. Paris, Musée Marmottan, 14 September 2017-14 January 2018, Vanves, Hazan, Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, 2017, pp. 150-155. Note: The model for Young Mother at the Grotto dates from the years 1885-1886. At that time, RODIN, although already a recognized sculptor, was not yet the master that he would become after the Alma exhibition in 1900. During the years 1880-1890, RODIN executed numerous portraits of the Parisian intelligentsia which made him live comfortably. The scandal of The Bronze Age was behind him and the City of Paris bought it from him. He worked relentlessly on his project for the Porte de l'Enfer commissioned by the State in 1880 and exhibited at the Galerie Georges PETIT, at the Galerie DURAND-RUEL, at the Société Internationale des Beaux-Arts, in the provinces and abroad. In 1886 and 1887, RODIN exhibited small works at Georges PETIT's gallery, particularly in connection with the Porte de l'Enfer. At the DURAND-RUEL gallery in February and March 1886, he exhibited for the first time, under the title "Woman and Love", the Young Mother with a Grotto, which can also be seen, in old photographs, on top of the left pilaster of his projects for the Gate of Hell. Originally, this group was intended for his long-time patron Maurice FENAILLE, to whom he sent a request for payment for a marble version on December 15, 1889. At that time, RODIN was working on a
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