Auguste Rodin
French sculptor, 1840-1917
"François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor and is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture. His early unconventional sculpture ""The Man with the Broken Nose"" (1864) illustrated the ""unfinishedness"" that would characterize many of Rodin's later sculptures. A commission to create a portal for Paris' planned Museum of Decorative Arts was awarded to Rodin in 1880. Although the museum was never built, Rodin worked throughout his life on ""The Gates of Hell"". It comprised 186 figures in its final form. Many of Rodin's best-known sculptures started as designs of figures for this composition, such as ""The Thinker"", ""The Three Shades"", and ""The Kiss""."
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sculpteur (1840-1917). L.S. écrite par Rainer-Maria Rilke 8vo. 2 pages. À son adresse 182, rue de l'Université (date surchargée, sous verre).
$ 6,654 / 5.800 €
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À une dame. Il est déjà trop engagé pour accepter sa charmante invitation pour dimanche, mais indique ses jours libres : il n'a aucun engagement du 26 février au 1er mars ; « et après cette date je pourrais vous proposer le 2 mars qui, comme les jours suivants, n'est pas encore pris non plus. Je répète, Madame, combien je suis heureux de votre charmant souvenir et de l'espoir de me présenter à vous bientôt ». Il ajoute que des photographies « annoncées dernièrement » seront expédiées ce jour.
French sculptor (1840-1917). 9 autograph letters signed and 4 letters signed. Different places. 17 pp. 8vo.
$ 20,076 / 17.500 €
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Fine and amicable letters to the French businessman and pioneer in the petroleum industry, Maurice Fenaille, Rodin’s friend and patron, who had assigned Rodin for the interior design of his villa in Neuilly and to create a bust of his wife. - Some addenda incl. two telegrams of Rodin to Fenaille, and two autogr. notes by Fenaille concerning some works he had bought from Rodin.
French sculptor (1840-1917). Visiting card with annotation in a third hand. n.p. 32mo. 1 page.
$ 206 / 180 €
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On the wedding of Laure Coutan “Avec mes meilleurs souhaits de banheur pour le mariage de Mme Laure Coutan“.
French sculptor (1840-1917). Visiting card with annotation in a third hand. n.p. 32mo. 1 page.
$ 206 / 180 €
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„respects à Mlle votre mère et à Mlle votre sœur“.
Bildhauer (1840-1917)]. Visiting card and envelope. Wohl Paris. 2 SS. Visitkartenformat. Das Kuvert i. F. qu.-8vo.
$ 574 / 500 €
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Both to the bookseller and publisher Louis Soullié: "A. Rodin [this printed] passera voir Monsieur Soullié 228 rue Saint Honoré demain [...]". - Envelope postmarked like above; both written in another hand.
French sculptor (1840-1917). Autograph letter signed. [Meudon. 1 p. on bifolium. With autogr. envelope.
$ 1,721 / 1.500 €
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To Monsieur Vollin (?), sending three tickets for an exhibition and hoping to see him there: "Je vous ai fait envoyer 1 carte pour vous, 2 pour Mr Brunel. Dites-moi si c'est bien. Merci de votre sympathie, elle me fait grand bien, et soyez assez aimable de venir le vendredi après midi à l'Expo que je puisse vous serrer la main [...]".
French sculptor (1840-1917). Autograph letter signed. N. p. o. d. Small 8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium. Matted and framed.
$ 2,868 / 2.500 €
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To an unnamed female recipient, regarding the arrangement of a meeting, a visit to London, and a "Mademoiselle Camille" who may be Camille Claude.
French sculptor (1840-1917). Autograph letter signed. N. p. o. d. 8vo. 5 lines. Together with a dictated letter.
$ 2,065 / 1.800 €
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A brief letter to thank the painter and sculptor Jean-François Raffaëlli for a drawing: "Votre dessin est très beau. Je vous remercie". - The only known connection between the two artists is Raffaëlli's portrait of Rodin in his studio, done ca. 1889 in gouache, black chalk, and ink. - The dictated letter is dated Paris 28 May 1898, accepting a dinner invitation. - Very slightly soiled.
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E. Brief mit U.
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), sculptor. ALS. No place, no date (Paris about 1890 or 1905). - With holograph envelope. To the journalist and art critic Gustave Geffroy (1855-1925). Rodin arranges on behalf of Monsieur Nénot (most likely Henri Paul N., architect, 1853-1934) the details for a meeting in front of the Panthéon. "[…] Monsieur Nénot m'ecrit pour que nous choisissions un jour pour aller au Panthéon […] Il me dit que l'on fixera les derniers details et l'on pourra commencer immédiatement. C'est M. Nénot qui me demande que vous soyiez la et cela me fait plaisir […]" - Womöglich handelt es sich um letzte Absprachen in Bezug auf die Statue von Victor Hugo, zu der Rodin 1890 vom Pantheon beauftragt wurde (der endgültige Entwurf wurde dann jedoch als zu kontrovers abgelehnt); bzw. in Bezug auf Rodins Statue "Der Denker", die als Bronzeabguß 1905 vor dem Pantheon aufgestellt wurde, und zu der Geffroy eine Kritik verfaßte.
Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung und U. („Rodin“).
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Portrait en face in b/w, „a Mlle Blanche [?] en hommage Rodin“.
Eigenh. Brief mit U. („Votre vieil sculpteur Rodin“).
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Letter offering condolences to journalist Edmond Bazire, whose father had just died. In part (translated): “From distance I can not attend the mortuary service of your father … I also sent you my dear friend, and Mrs. Bazire express my deep and respectful friendship.” - Uniform toning, otherwise fine condition. In 1883, Bazire had advised Rodin to make a portrait of a famous man to help establish his own reputation, and introduced him to Victor Hugo. Although Hugo refused to pose at sittings, he allowed Rodin to visit and make preliminary sketches. Rodin was able to complete the bust in 1883, two years before Hugo’s death. A desirable association piece.
Autograph letter signed „Aug. Rodin“.
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To fellow artist Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Rodin hopes to meet with Legros in London and expresses the wish to go with him to „les Grands Musees“. In excellent condition with faint folding and a touch of handling wear. Accompanied by a black and white head and shoulder photo of Rodin, mounted beside the letter. Framed and glazed. Overall size 32 x 45cm. The painter Alphonse Legros first met Rodin while attending a drawing school in Paris. He settled down in London in 1863, where he was appointed teacher at the South Kensington School of Art.
Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. Unterschrift auf der Bildseite.
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Nice head and shoulders portrait to the half left. Signed and inscribed to Mademoiselle Eva Bénédicte : „à Mademoiselle Eva Bénédicte le sculpteur A Rodin“. Photographie: Reutlinger.
Autograph letter signed.
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Eigenh. Brief mit U. (A. Rodin) und eigenh. Briefumschlag
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Eigenhändiger Kartenbrief mit Unterschrift.
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Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift.
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Portraitphotographie m. e. U.
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), frz. Bildhauer. Porträtfotografie m. e. Widmung u. U. auf dem Bilduntersatz, o. O. [Paris], 6. Juli 1909, 1 Seite Folio [Gesamtgröße 25,5 x 30 cm; Bildgröße ca. 16 x 13 cm]. Hübsches Kniestück des fast 70-Jährigen im oval. „en hommage | à Mlle Mabel | Beardsley | Aug. Rodin […]“.