Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917), Faunesse à genoux. Marbre signé et dédicacé sut la base Au Maître Puvis de Chavannes Conçue en 1887, cette version en marbre exécutee vers 1890. Donnée par Rodin à Puvis de Chavannes probablement en août 1890. Hauteur 55 cm. Estimation 600 000 / 800 000 €. Photo Christian Baraja La Faunesse à genoux, pièce majeure en marbre du sculpteurAuguste Robin (1840-1917), sera mise aux enchères lors de la vente dart impressionniste et moderne organisée le mercredi 6 juillet prochain à Drouot Montaigne Signée... [Lire la suite]

Auguste Rodin, Balzac Nude with Arms Crossed / Study for Balzac Nude / Balzac, etude type C, grand modèle, 1892. Bronze, 127 x 61 x 54.5 cm (50 x 24 x 21.5 in) Signed on base: Rodin; on side of base: Original/no. 1 and Alexis Rudier/Fondeur Paris Billy Rose Collection, Acquired 1966. Image Courtesy of the Israel Museum Jerusalem. JERUSALEM (AP).- A statue by French sculptor Auguste Rodin was stolen from the Israel Museum during the facility's recently completed renovation, the museum said Wednesday. The nude bronze of French... [Lire la suite]

Auguste Rodin, The Three Shades, 1881-86, Bronze, 75 1/2 x 75 1/2 x 42 inches (191.8 x 191.8 x 106.7 cm), Cast 4/8. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery PARIS.- Gagosian Gallery Paris presents “Rodin – Sugimoto,” an exhibition of sculpture and photography, on view from February 11 through March 25, 2011. Auguste Rodin brought monumental public sculpture forward into the modern era. Although educated in the academic traditions and idealized subjects of classical and Renaissance sculpture, he embraced truth to nature as his artistic credo.... [Lire la suite]

Auguste Rodin (Paris 1840–1917 Meudon), Torse masculin debout, Bronze à patine brune © BRAFA 2010 Conception en 1885-1890 et fonte en 1972. H. 16,5 cm Provenance : Musée Rodin, Paris Littérature: Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, Les Bronzes de Rodin, Catalogue des œuvres dans le Musée Rodin, vol. II, Paris 2007, ill. d’une autre fonte p. 692 La galerie Berès, située rive gauche, en face de l’aile Sud-Ouest du Louvre, fut fondée en 1952 par Huguette Berès et est actuellement dirigée par sa fille Anisabelle. Dès l´origine,... [Lire la suite]

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Bacchanale. photo courtesy Coskun 16 x 19 x 16 in (48 x 41 x 41 cm). Edition: 5/8. Materials: Bronze. Markings: Inscribed A. Rodin, © by Musée Rodin, numbered, dated and stamped with foundry mark - Contact Gallery for Price Other casts: Shizuoka, Prefectural Museum of Art; Séoul, Rodin Gallery; São Paulo, State Picture GalleryNotes: This group, which is difficult to date accurately, is a perfect example of the assemblages produced by Rodin starting in the second half of the 1880s.  The... [Lire la suite]

The sale was led by Henri Matisse’s Bouquet pour le quatorze juillet, which climbed to $28,642,500 (est. $18/25 million). This EPA/YM YIK NEW YORK, NY.- Tonight at Sotheby’s, the spring Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art brought a total of $195,697,000, nearly reaching the high end of the presale estimate (est. $141/204 million). Forty-three works achieved prices over $1 million, ten works exceeded $5 million, four works brought prices over $10 million, and two works sold for over $15 million. The sale was 87.7% sold... [Lire la suite]

Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980) Portrait du Marquis Sommi, signed 'T.DE LEMPITZKA' (lower right), oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 28¾ in. (100 x 73 cm.) Painted in 1925. Est. $2,000,000 - $3,000,000. Photo Image 2009 Christie's Ltd NEW YORK, NY.- Rare and important works by Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, and Piet Mondrian are among the highlights of Christie’s upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on November 3. Forty exceptional works will be offered, including... [Lire la suite]

Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Danseuses, signed 'Degas' (lower left) pastel on paper laid down on board, 20 1/8 x 15¾ in. (51.1 x 40 cm.) Drawn circa 1896. Estimate: $7-9 million US. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2009. NEW YORK, NY.- Rare and important works by Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, and Piet Mondrian are among the highlights of Christie’s upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on November 3. Forty exceptional works will be offered, including paintings,... [Lire la suite]

Giambattista Tiepolo, The Death of Hyacinth, 1752-1753. Oil on canvas, 287 x 235 cm. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. MADRID.- The close relationship between sexual desire and the death instinct – Eros and Thanatos – in the visual arts is the subject of this exhibition, whose title is taken from that of Georges Bataille’s book: Les larmes d’Eros. The exhibition also incorporates some of Bataille’s ideas on eroticism: the need for beauty, temptation as prohibition and transgression, and the parallels between the erotic and... [Lire la suite]

Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917). Buste de Suzon, réduction no. 3 Conçu entre 1873 et 1875, cette épreuve circa 1900. signé A. Rodin (sur le rebord du cou à droite). biscuit de Sèvres. h. : 22,5 cm (hors socle) . Est. 10,000—15,000 EUR. Lot Sold 12,500 EUR Cette œuvre sera incluse dans le Catalogue critique de l'œuvre sculptée d'Auguste Rodin actuellement en préparation à la Galerie Brame & Lorenceau sous la direction de Jérôme Le Blay sous le numéro 2009-2540B. PROVENANCE: Collection particulière, France ... [Lire la suite]