Auguste Rodin
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"L'enfant prodigue"
Signed A. Rodin. Foundry mark Alexis Rudier, Fondeur, Paris. Conceived in 1884. Cast in 1927 (In this size 6 casts between 1913-1917, 3 casts between 1927-1941 by Alexis Rudier Foundry and later 9 casts between 1960-1974 by Georges Rudier Foundry). Bronze, green patina. Height 140 cm (55 1/8 in.), total height including stone base 170 cm (66 7/8 in.).
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Saleroom notice
Conceived in 1884. Cast 1927. (cast in this size between 1913-1941 in an an edition of 9, additionally 9 cast between 1960-1974).
This bronze will be included in the forthcoming "Auguste Rodin - catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté" being currently prepared by the Comité Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Monsieur Jérôme Le Blay with the archive no 2012-4016B.
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Eugène Rudier, le Vésinet (acquired from above 1941).
M. Friedrich Weltz , Salzburg Landesgalerie, Österrike (acquired from above 1942)
Confiscated by the allied in Austria 1945-46.
Entrusted to the "Commission Nationale de Récupération Artistique" in France 1949.
Musée Rodin, Paris (returned to the museum 1952).
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm (acquired from above June 15 1960).
Marabousamlingen, Sundbyberg/Upplands-Väsby (acquired from above 1960).
Kraft Foods Sverige AB, Upplands-Väsby.
Exhibitions
"Erotikk og galenskap. Ernst Josephson and Auguste Rodin", Foundation Modums Blaafarvevaerk, Modum, Norway, 19 May - 23 September 2001. The present number mentioned and with picture at p 127, no 74, and listed at p. 169.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, "Rodin", 23 September - 1 January 2006, compare no 122.
(In collaboration with Musée Rodin, Paris)
Kunsthaus Zürich, "Rodin", 9 February - 13 May 2007, compare no 122.
(In collaboration with Musée Rodin, Paris)
Literature
Georges Grappe, "Catalogue du Musée Rodin", 1927, no 220, compare p. 82.
Georges Grappe, "Le Musée Rodin", 1947, no 83, compare p. 142.
Albert Elsen, "Rodin", 1963, compare p. 56-57.
Athena Tacha, "The Prodigal Son: Some Aspects of Rodin's Sculpture" (Allen Memorial Art Museujm Bulletin), 1964, volume 22, compare 23-39. Compare p. 24, 26, 31.
Robert Descharnes and Jean-Francois Chabrun, "Auguste Rodin", 1967, compare p. 91
Ionel Jianou and C. Goldschneider, "Rodin", 1967, compare no 34.
Athena Tacha Spear, "A Note on Rodin´s Prodigal Son and on the Relationship of Rodin's Marbles and Bronzes" (Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin), 1969, vol. 27, compare p. 24-36.
Albert Elsen, "Rodin", 1974, compare p. 57-59.
Ragnar von Holten, "Art at Marabou, a short guide", Stockholm 1974, mentioned and illustrated p. 39.
Jennifer Hawkins, "Rodin Sculptures", 1975, compare p. 18, no 3.
John L. Tancock, "The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin", 1976, compare pp. 20, 45, 94, 158, 162, 607.
Jacques de Caso and Patricia B. Sanders, "Rodin's Sculpture: A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection", 1977, mentioned pp. 159-163, compare p. 161.
Alain Beausire, "Quand Rodin exposait", 1988, fig. 173, compare p. 342.
Anna-Birgitte Fonsmark, "Rodin: La collection du Brasseur Carl Jacobsen á la Glyptotheque, 1988, compare pp. 103-105, no 16.
Yann Le Pichon and Carol Mark Lavrillier, "Rodin: La porte de l'enfer", 1988, compare pp. 183-185.
Ragnar von Holten, "Art at Marabou", Uddevalla 1990, illustrated and mentioned p. 36.
Rainer Crone and Siegfried Salzmann, "Rodin: Eros and Crativity", 1992, compare p. 199.
Mary L. Levkoff, "Rodin in His Time": The cantor Gifts to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994, compare p. 83.
Tone Sinding Steinsvik, "Erotikk og galenskap. Ernst Josephson and Auguste Rodin", 2001. The present lot mentioned and illustrated in colour p. 127, no 74, and listed at p. 169.
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, "Rodin", 2006. Compare p. 80, no 122 p. 235.
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, "The bronzez of Rodin. Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, Volume 1", 2007 compare p. 92, p. 319, no 6693, described p. 320-322, compare fig 1-6.
More information
Receipt from Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, dated June 15 1960 enclosed.
Certificate issued by Madame C. Goldscheider, Conservateur du Musée Rodin, Paris, dated 27 January 1962, enclosed.
This bronze will be included in the forthcoming "Auguste Rodin - catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté" being currently prepared by the Comité Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Monsieur Jérôme Le Blay with the archive no 2012-4016B.