Lot 059
Les Bourgeois de Calais-Pierre de Wiessant
Auguste RODIN (French, 1840 - 1917)
Conceived in 1884-1895; cast in 1998
Bronze with black patina Editor: Artco France, ed. 4/25 Foundry: Airaindor
19(L) x 22(W) x 45(H) cm
Estimate
TWD 600,000-900,000
HKD 152,000-228,000
USD 19,400-29,100
CNY 139,000-208,000
Sold Price
TWD 660,000
HKD 169,231
USD 21,639
CNY 152,074
Signature
Engraved base A. Rodin with the editor mark Artco France and dated Reproduction 1998
Numbered base 4/25 with the foundry mark Airaindor Cire Perdue
PROVENANCE :
Gallery Artco France, Paris
Private collection, Taiwan
EXHIBITED:
Rodin in Taichung, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan, September 22 – December 22, 2007 (different edition)
ILLUSTRATED:
Antoinette LE NORMAND-ROMAIN and Annette HAUDIQUET, Rodin, Les Bourgeois de Calais, Rodin Museum, Paris, France, 2002, color illustrated, p. 47 (different edition)
Li-jen Shih, Rodin in Taichung, exhibition catalogue, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan, 2007, color illustrated, p. 118 (different edition)
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