Baigneuse aux Sandales

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

Baigneuse aux Sandales

bronze
41.0 cm height
conceived in 1898 and cast in 1968
inscribed on base: A. Rodin
stamped on base with the foundry mark Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris and (c) by Musée Rodin 1968
edition of 10

Provenance:
David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney
Dr. and Mrs. D.R. Sheumack, Sydney, 1969
Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23 November 2009, lot 27
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
An exhibition of fifty bronzes by Auguste Rodin 1840-1917, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 12 September - 25 October 1969, cat. 44

Reference:
Christie, R. and Miller, J., The D. R. Sheumack Collection: Eighty Years of Australian Painting, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 1988, pl.119 (illus.)
Le Normand-Romain, A., The Bronzes of Rodin: catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2007, vol.1, p.155

Estimate: $50000 - 60000

Result Hammer: $48000