Lot number 3408 - Auction 155
'LE PETIT JEAN' (JEAN AUBÉ AUF EINEM STUHL SITZEND)

AUGUSTE RODIN 1840 Paris - 1917 Meudon (probably) 'LE PETIT JEAN' (JEAN AUBÉ SITTING ON A CHAIR) 1905 Bronze, dark patina, on naturalistic plinth. Total height 39.5 cm, width 31 cm, D. 28 cm. Marked 'A. Rodin' and dated '1905' on the side of the chair, foundry mark 'A. BINGEN et COSTENOBLE Fondeurs Paris' on the back. Rare and finely modeled bronze sculpture depicting what is presumably the young Jean Aubé, sitting calmly on a chair. Min. rubbed.