Auguste RODIN (1840-1917
)Two silhouettes of full-length female figures, probably Thérèse Fontaine - Woman with arms above her head and a trace of purple watercolourDrawing
on

both

sides.

Pen and brown ink.
(Small folds, partially glued).
17,5 x 11 cmWe

thank Mrs Buley-Uribe for confirming the authenticity of this drawing

.

A certificate will be given to the buyer.

Other drawings of this series, of the same size and similar technique, are known to be conserved in the Rodin Museum (see : C. Judrin, Inventaire des dessins, Tome II, Éditions Musée Rodin, n° 2116 à 2153, pp. 153 to 159).
Our sheet is part of a series of drawings probably created around 1897 with the model Thérèse Fontaine.


 
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Lot no. 116

Auguste RODIN (1840-1917 )Two silhouettes of full-length female figures, probably Thérèse Fontaine - Woman with arms above her head and a trace of purple watercolourDrawing on both sides. Pen and brown ink. (Small folds, partially glued). 17,5 x 11 cmWe thank Mrs Buley-Uribe for confirming the authenticity of this drawing . A certificate will be given to the buyer. Other drawings of this series, of the same size and similar technique, are known to be conserved in the Rodin Museum (see : C. Judrin, Inventaire des dessins, Tome II, Éditions Musée Rodin, n° 2116 à 2153, pp. 153 to 159). Our sheet is part of a series of drawings probably created around 1897 with the model Thérèse Fontaine.  

Estimate
€5,000 - €6,000
Result
€6,400
Buyer's premium
28%
Auguste RODIN (1840-1917 )Two silhouettes of full-length female figures, probably Thérèse Fontaine - Woman with arms above her head and a trace of purple watercolourDrawing on both sides. Pen and brown ink. (Small folds, partially glued). 17,5 x 11 cmWe thank Mrs Buley-Uribe for confirming the authenticity of this drawing . A certificate will be given to the buyer. Other drawings of this series, of the same size and similar technique, are known to be conserved in the Rodin Museum (see : C. Judrin, Inventaire des dessins, Tome II, Éditions Musée Rodin, n° 2116 à 2153, pp. 153 to 159). Our sheet is part of a series of drawings probably created around 1897 with the model Thérèse Fontaine.  
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