Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude type C (Figure), petit modèle, Conceived circa 1892 I Cast between 1918-1926
Bronze with a dark green patina subtly tinged with blue
75.4 x 31.4 x 41 cm I 29 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 16 1/8 in
Signed and numbered on the right side of the base : Rodin, Nº2 ; Stamped at the rear right of the base : Alexis Rudier, Fondeur Paris
Cast in an edition of three by the Alexis Rudier Foundry, at the request of Gustave Danthon, between 1918 and 1926