RODIN: From Private Collections at Daniel Katz Gallery in June

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RODIN: From Private Collections at Daniel Katz Gallery in June

LONDON, United Kingdom
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May 27, 2015

Auguste Rodin, Bacchantes Entwined. Marble. Signed and dedicated A P Escudier / Rodin; Conceived before 1896, carved between 1900 and 1910. Height: 39.8 cm, Width: 37.4 cm, Depth: 27.6 cm

The Daniel Katz Gallery will present an exhibition of highly important life-time sculptures and drawings by Auguste Rodin, taken from private collections. The exhibition will take place at their gallery at 6 Hill Street, just off Berkeley Square in London, running from Tuesday, June 16 until Thursday, July 2.

Comprising 10 sculptures, in bronze, marble and plaster, each cast, carved or modeled in Rodin’s lifetime, and 3 drawings from around 1900, they form a selection of some of the most seminal and iconic subjects created by the greatest modern sculptor.

Auguste Rodin, Eternel printemps, premier état, taille originale - variante type c. Bronze. 66.7 cm high. Inscribed A. Rodin, inscribed with foundry mark Thiebaut Freres Fondeurs Conceived in 1884 and was cast in bronze during the artist's lifetime probably between 1887 and 1894.

Highlights include a unique marble group titled Bacchantes Entwined, dedicated to his friend and patron Paul Escudier, a highly important drawing, The Storm, dedicated to his friend the artist Jean-Ernest Sigismond Jeanès, previously in the prestigious Eugene Rehns collection, and a magnificent bronze group Eternal Printemps, cast by the artist around 1890 and forming a beautiful example of one of the artist’s most celebrated sculptures.

Event: Rodin: From private collections

Dates: 16th June – 2nd July