AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917) Petite baigneuse assise, model created circa [1880], our proof numbered 10, from the edition of 12 (plus a number 0 for the museum) by the Musée Rodin Sculpture. Proof in bronze with dark shaded brown patina. Sand casting. Post-mortem edition produced in 1973. Black marble base. Some chips on the marble base. Signed A. RODIN and N°10 on the right side of the mound, stamped E. GODARD Fondr on the back of the mound and © by Musée RODIN 1973 on the left side of the mound. Height bronze only: 14.6cm Total height: 16.3cm Provenance: Private collection, Paris: Private collection, Paris. Acquired from the Musée Rodin on November 16, 1973. The copy of the original invoice and the Rodin Museum certificate will be given to the buyer. Public collections: Musée Rodin, Paris - Another bronze proof, numbered 0, of our sculpture model in the collections of this institution under inventory number S.00231. Bibliography: Antoinette Le Normand-Romain - Rodin et le bronze; catalog des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, tome 1 - Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1987. Another bronze proof of Petite baigneuse assise, numbered 0, described and reproduced on page 152.