Auguste Rodin French, 1840-1917
Torse d’Homme, étude type A, petit modèle (Male Torso, study type A, small model)
Signed A. Rodin, numbered 5, inscribed with the Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris foundry seal and © by Musée Rodin in 1970
Conceived between 1895-1900, this bronze cast in 1970 is one of an edition of 12 casts made between 1967 and 1975 by the Musee Rodin from a plaster left to them by Rodin in 1916. There are no previous editions.
Bronze with rich green and dark brown patina
Height: 7 1/4 inches (18.5 cm)
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This small-truncated Torso is taken from the male figure in Rodin’s earlier model Man and his Thought. The two figures, one male and one female, which comprised Man and his...
This small-truncated Torso is taken from the male figure in Rodin’s earlier model Man and his Thought. The two figures, one male and one female, which comprised Man and his Thought, were originally incorporated into the Gates of Hell where they were used to support the upper cornice. The work was never cast in bronze; only a single marble, now in the National Gallery, Berlin, was carved. The present torso is typical of Rodin’s move towards simplified and fragmented works, which he continued to produce throughout the later part of his career.
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Provenance
Museé Rodin, ParisGalerie Gérald Cramer, Lausanne (acquired from the above, January 1971)
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's, London (6 February 2001, lot 193)
Private collection, UK (acquired from the above)