The Eternal Spring

Rodin, Auguste
París, 1840 - Meudon, 1917
The Eternal Spring, 1886 (L´Eternel printemps)
Inscribed: "Rodin & F. Barbedienne Fondeur"
Conceived in 1886, the present work is one of an edition of 69 bronzes cast in this size by the Barbedienne foundry between 1898 & 1919.
The Musée Rodin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.
Bronze, gold patina
25,1 cm
DEC00.13
Artwork history
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Sotheby’s Auctions, New York. Lot 127 , May 2000.
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Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
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-GRAPPE, G.: Catalogue de Musée Rodin, París, 1927. N. 87, Illustration of early version lonel Jianou and Cécile Goldscheider, Rodin, París, 1967, illustration pl. 56.
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-TANCOCK, J.L. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, n. 32b, illustration p. 243.
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-L’ideal en el paisatge. De Meifren a Matisse i Gontxarova. Espai Carmen Thyssen, Sant Feliú de Guixols, [Exhib. Cat. Espai Carmen Thyssen], 2014. P. 71 y 223.
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-“Influencers” en el arte. De Van Goyen al “Pop Art”. Museu Carmen Thyssen Andorra.[Exhib. Cat. Museu Carmen Thyssen Andorra], Andorra, 2019, p. 52, 53, 136 y 137 [Sheet by Musèe Rodin]