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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 7, 2013 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 45 | $****** - ****** | Le Penseur, Taille De La Porte Dit Moyen Modèle | |||
May 5, 2010 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 8 | $****** - ****** | Le Penseur, Taille De La Porte Dit Moyen Modèle |
sculpture
71.5 cm (28.15 in)
bronze
Inscribed A. Rodin and with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris; additionally inscribed on a plaque affixed to the rock Le Penseur: Executé en 1906 dans mes ateliers et sous ma surveillance pour Monsieur Ralph Pulitzer, Auguste Rodin.
Acquired from the above in 1995
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the Estate of the above)
William S. Paley, New York
Private Collection (by descent from the above)
Ralph Pulitzer, New York (acquired from the artist in 1906)
Antoinette le Normand-Romain, ed., The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, vol. II, Paris, 2007, this cast listed p. 586, mentioned p. 594, illustrations of another cast p. 584-85; Albert E. Elsen, The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin, Stanford, 1985, figs. 50 & 60, illustrations of the clay model pp. 56 & 71; Albert E. Elsen, ed., Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, 1981, illustration of the clay version p. 67; John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, edition catalogued and illustrations of other casts pp. 111-20; Ionel Jianou and Cécile Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, edition catalogued p. 88; illustration of another cast pl. 11; Albert E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, illustrations of other casts pp. 25, 52 & 53; Henri Martinie, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1949, no. 19, illustration of another cast; Georges Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1929, nos. 167-69, illustrations of the example at the Musée Rodin pp. 73-74
