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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Les bourgeois de Calais, deuxième maquette
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Les bourgeois de Calais, deuxième maquette Pierre de Wissant, vêtu signed and numbered ‘A.Rodin N°10’ (on the top of the base); inscribed and dated ‘© by MUSEE RODIN 1975’ (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark ‘Susse Fondeur Paris’ (on the back of the base) bronze with brown patina Height: 27 ¼ in. (69.4 cm.) Jean d’Aire, vêtu signed and numbered ‘A.Rodin N°10’ (on the top of the base); inscribed, dated and inscribed with foundry mark ‘© by MUSEE RODIN 1975 Susse Fondeur Paris’ (on the back of the base) bronze with brown patina Height: 26 7/8 in. (68.4 cm.) Jacques de Wissant, vêtu signed and numbered ‘A.Rodin N°10’ (on the top of the base); inscribed and dated ‘© by MUSEE RODIN 1975’ (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark ‘Susse Fondeur Paris’ (on the back of the base) bronze with brown patina Height: 27 1/8 in. (68.8 cm.) Jean de Fiennes, torse nu signed and numbered ‘A.Rodin N°10’ (on the top of the base); inscribed, dated and inscribed with foundry mark ‘© by MUSEE RODIN 1975 Susse Fondeur Paris’ (on the back of the base) bronze with brown patina Height: 28 in. (71 cm.) Eustache de Saint-Pierre, vêtu signed and numbered ‘A.Rodin N°10’ (on the top of the base); inscribed, dated and inscribed with foundry mark ‘© by MUSEE RODIN 1975 Susse Fondeur Paris’ (on the back of the base) bronze with brown patina Height: 27 ¼ in. (69.3 cm.) Andrieu d’Andres, vêtu signed and numbered ‘A.Rodin N°10’ (on the top of the base); inscribed and dated ‘© by MUSEE RODIN 1975’ (on the left side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark ‘Susse Fondeur Paris’ (on the back of the base) bronze with brown patina Height: 24 in. (61 cm.) Conceived in 1885 and cast in April 1975