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The William I. Koch Collection
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Le Penseur, taille de la porte dit "moyen modèle"
Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Le Penseur, taille de la porte dit "moyen modèle"
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the rock); inscribed with foundry mark 'Georges Rudier. Fondeur. Paris.' (on the back of the rock); inscribed and dated '© by Musee Rodin 1955' (on the left side of the rock); stamped with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
28 1⁄8 x 17 ¼ x 26 ¼ in. (71.4 x 43.8 x 66.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1880; this bronze version cast in 1955
Le Penseur, taille de la porte dit "moyen modèle"
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the rock); inscribed with foundry mark 'Georges Rudier. Fondeur. Paris.' (on the back of the rock); inscribed and dated '© by Musee Rodin 1955' (on the left side of the rock); stamped with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
28 1⁄8 x 17 ¼ x 26 ¼ in. (71.4 x 43.8 x 66.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1880; this bronze version cast in 1955
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
World House Galleries (Herbert Mayer), New York (acquired from the above, December 1955); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1985, lot 3.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
World House Galleries (Herbert Mayer), New York (acquired from the above, December 1955); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1985, lot 3.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R.M. Rilke, Auguste Rodin, Leipzig, 1913, pls. 43-44 (other versions illustrated).
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1929, pp. 73-74, nos. 167-169 (another version illustrated).
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, pp. 24-25, nos. 55-56 (another version illustrated).
H. Martinie, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1949, no. 19 (plaster illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1962, p. 65 (another version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 52-55 and 57 (another version illustrated).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 130-133 and 281, figs. 54-55 (another version illustrated).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, pp. 74-75 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 88, pl. 11 (another cast illustrated).
L. Goldscheider, Rodin: Sculptures, London, 1970, pp. 8 and 117, pls. 14-16 (plaster and another version illustrated).
J. de Caso and P.B. Sanders, Rodin's Thinker: Significant Aspects, Burlingame, 1973, pp. 1-30, pl. 1-6, 8 (other casts and versions illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin: The Collection of the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 111-116 and 118-121, nos. 3a and 3b (another cast and version illustrated).
J. de Caso and P.-B. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture: A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pp. 130-138, no. 19 (another version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, ed., Rodin: Rediscovered, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981, pp. 67, 211 and 333, figs. 3.11-3.12 and 9.7, nos. 91 and 261 (clay version illustrated).
C. Vincent, "Rodin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A History of the Collection" in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 4, Spring 1981, pp. 5-8, 11 and 30 (another cast illustrated).
P. Gsell, Auguste Rodin: Rodin on Art and Artists with 76 Illustrations of his Work, New York, 1983, pp. 10, 12, 82 and 118 (another version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, "The Gates of Hell" by Auguste Rodin, Stanford, 1985, pp. 56-58 and 71, figs. 50, 52 and 60 (other versions illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin's Thinker and the Dilemmas of Modern Public Sculpture, New Haven, 1985, pp. 1-141, figs. 1-11, 34-36, 40-,41 48-50, and 54-56 (other casts and versions illustrated).
R. Grunfeld, Rodin: A Biography, New York, 1987, pp. 187, 192, 366, 425, 431, 445, 460, 466, 468, 502-505, 550 and 557.
P.J. Marandel, "Rodin's Thinker: Notes on the Early History of the Detroit Cast" in Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, vol. 63, nos. 3-4, 1988, pp. 32-33 and 42 (another version illustrated).
R. Butler, Rodin: The Shape of Genius, New Haven, 1993, pp. 157-158, 219, 340, 355, 361, 377, 383, 388, 404, 408, 413, 414, 417, 422-431, 433, 448-449, 452, 465 and 515, figs. 63, 155 and 177 (other versions illustrated).
F. Fergonzi, M. Lamberti and C. Riopelle, Michelangelo nell’Ottocento: Rodin e Michelangelo, Florence, 1996, pp. 42, 80-81, and 124, no. 15 (another cast illustrated).
R. Butler and S. Lindsay, The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue: European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century, New York, 2000, pp. 321-325 and 376, figs 2-3 (another cast and version illustrated).
I. Ross and A. Snow, Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession, London, 2001, pp. 96-97 and 175, pl. 73 (another cast illustrated).
A. Le Normand Romain, Rodin: The Gates of Hell, Paris, 2002, pp. 66-69, figs. 85 and 87 (other casts and versions illustrated).
R. Masson and V. Mattiussi, Rodin, Paris, 2004, pp. 38-40 (other versions illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. II, pp. 584-595, no. S.1131, figs. 1, 4-5, 7-9, 10, 13-14 and 16 (other casts and versions illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin, New York, 2014, pp. 1, 42, 80, 90, 91-92, 95, 118, 178, 339-340, 344, and 389-390, figs. 80, 82, 325 and 379 (other casts and versions illustrated).
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1929, pp. 73-74, nos. 167-169 (another version illustrated).
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1944, pp. 24-25, nos. 55-56 (another version illustrated).
H. Martinie, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1949, no. 19 (plaster illustrated).
C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1962, p. 65 (another version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 52-55 and 57 (another version illustrated).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, pp. 130-133 and 281, figs. 54-55 (another version illustrated).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, pp. 74-75 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 88, pl. 11 (another cast illustrated).
L. Goldscheider, Rodin: Sculptures, London, 1970, pp. 8 and 117, pls. 14-16 (plaster and another version illustrated).
J. de Caso and P.B. Sanders, Rodin's Thinker: Significant Aspects, Burlingame, 1973, pp. 1-30, pl. 1-6, 8 (other casts and versions illustrated).
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin: The Collection of the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 111-116 and 118-121, nos. 3a and 3b (another cast and version illustrated).
J. de Caso and P.-B. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture: A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pp. 130-138, no. 19 (another version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, ed., Rodin: Rediscovered, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981, pp. 67, 211 and 333, figs. 3.11-3.12 and 9.7, nos. 91 and 261 (clay version illustrated).
C. Vincent, "Rodin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A History of the Collection" in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 4, Spring 1981, pp. 5-8, 11 and 30 (another cast illustrated).
P. Gsell, Auguste Rodin: Rodin on Art and Artists with 76 Illustrations of his Work, New York, 1983, pp. 10, 12, 82 and 118 (another version illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, "The Gates of Hell" by Auguste Rodin, Stanford, 1985, pp. 56-58 and 71, figs. 50, 52 and 60 (other versions illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin's Thinker and the Dilemmas of Modern Public Sculpture, New Haven, 1985, pp. 1-141, figs. 1-11, 34-36, 40-,41 48-50, and 54-56 (other casts and versions illustrated).
R. Grunfeld, Rodin: A Biography, New York, 1987, pp. 187, 192, 366, 425, 431, 445, 460, 466, 468, 502-505, 550 and 557.
P.J. Marandel, "Rodin's Thinker: Notes on the Early History of the Detroit Cast" in Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, vol. 63, nos. 3-4, 1988, pp. 32-33 and 42 (another version illustrated).
R. Butler, Rodin: The Shape of Genius, New Haven, 1993, pp. 157-158, 219, 340, 355, 361, 377, 383, 388, 404, 408, 413, 414, 417, 422-431, 433, 448-449, 452, 465 and 515, figs. 63, 155 and 177 (other versions illustrated).
F. Fergonzi, M. Lamberti and C. Riopelle, Michelangelo nell’Ottocento: Rodin e Michelangelo, Florence, 1996, pp. 42, 80-81, and 124, no. 15 (another cast illustrated).
R. Butler and S. Lindsay, The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue: European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century, New York, 2000, pp. 321-325 and 376, figs 2-3 (another cast and version illustrated).
I. Ross and A. Snow, Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession, London, 2001, pp. 96-97 and 175, pl. 73 (another cast illustrated).
A. Le Normand Romain, Rodin: The Gates of Hell, Paris, 2002, pp. 66-69, figs. 85 and 87 (other casts and versions illustrated).
R. Masson and V. Mattiussi, Rodin, Paris, 2004, pp. 38-40 (other versions illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Paris, 2007, vol. II, pp. 584-595, no. S.1131, figs. 1, 4-5, 7-9, 10, 13-14 and 16 (other casts and versions illustrated).
A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin, New York, 2014, pp. 1, 42, 80, 90, 91-92, 95, 118, 178, 339-340, 344, and 389-390, figs. 80, 82, 325 and 379 (other casts and versions illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, World House Galleries, Four Masters Exhibition: Rodin, Brancusi, Gauguin, Calder, March-April 1957, p. 5, no. 4.
Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté currently being prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin at Galerie Brame et Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2021-6376B.
Presentado por
Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale