AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917) Petite étude pour Adam - avec tête dite de Femme slave titrée parfois La Jeunesse, modèle créé avant [1890], our proof numbered 11, from the Rodin Museum edition of 12 (plus one number 0 for the museum). Sculpture. Proof in bronze with dark brown patina. Post-mortem edition produced in 1972. Black marble base. Signed A. RODIN and N°11 on the back of the support, stamped E. GODARD Fondr on the back towards the base and © by Musée RODIN 1972 on the mound. Height bronze only: 25,2cm Total height: 27.8cm Provenance: Private collection, Paris: Private collection, Paris. Acquired from the Musée Rodin on July 5, 1972. The copy of the original invoice and the Rodin Museum certificate will be given to the buyer. Exhibition: - Rodin - Sculptres et dessins - The Hayward Gallery, London from January 21 to April 5, 1970, sponsored by the British Art Council of Great Britain and the Association française d'action artistique. Another bronze proof, numbered 0, presented at this event under catalog no. 9. - Rodin - La Porte de l'enfer - Dessins et sculptures - Kunsthalle, Mannheim, September 28 1991 - January 6 1992. Another bronze proof, numbered 0, presented at this event under catalog no. 42. Public collections: - Musée Rodin, Paris - Another bronze proof, numbered 0, of our sculpture model in the collections of this institution under inventory number S.00665. - Cantor Arts center, Standford, USA - Another bronze proof, numbered 1, of our sculpture model held in the collections of this institution under inventory number 1974.60. - Museo Soumaya, Mexico City, Mexico - Another bronze proof, numbered 6, of our sculpture model in the collections of this institution. Bibliography: Antoinette Le Normand-Romain - Rodin et le bronze; catalog des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, tome1 - Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1987. Another bronze proof of Petite étude pour Adam avec tête dite de Femme slave, numbered 0, described and reproduced on page 116.