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660.
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
Psyché. Femme agenouillée, portant la main sur sa
joue, c. 1900
Signed “A Rodin” l.r., inscribed “No. VIII J.J.CC...8956”
in pencil on the reverse, identified on a label from Curt
Valentin Gallery affixed to the backing.
Graphite and watercolor on vélin paper, sheet size 11 7/8
x 9 3/4 in. (30.2 x 24.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Restored tear c.r., mat burn, toning, foxing.
Provenance: Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (no.
18385); by descent within a New England family.
Literature: Georges Grappe, Les Élégies amoureuses
d’Ovide (Philippe Gonin, 1935), pl. 28, (reproduced as a
wood engraving).
N.B. According to Christina Buley-Uribe, the present
work was one of approximately thirty Rodin drawings of
Psyché that were models for wood engravings rendered
c. 1902 by Jules-Léon Perrichon. She surmises that
Rodin may have added watercolor to the work after it
was reproduced as an engraving. Even though Rodin
was a great reader and admirer of Ovid, Les Élégies
amoureuses d’Ovide was not published until after Rodin’s
lifetime.
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We wish to thank Madame Buley-Uribe for her kind
assistance with cataloging the lot; the work will be
included in her forthcoming Catalogue raisonné des
Dessins et Peintures d’Auguste Rodin under the number
120801. A photo-certificate from Madame Buley-Uribe
accompanies the lot.
$7,000-9,000
661.
Manolo (Manuel) Hugue (Cuban, 1872-1945)
Crouching Woman (Back View)
Unsigned, identified on a label from Galerie Chalette, New
York, affixed to the backing.
Ink and gouache on paper, sight size 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
(19.7 x 19.7 cm), framed.
Condition: Minor toning, handling creases, not examined
out of frame.
N.B. Sold for the benefit of the collections of the Smith
College Museum of Art.
$600-800
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