After Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917) "Le Baiser" patinated bronze cast signature along back, an "Alexis Rudier, Fondeur Paris" inscription along proper left side, after the ca. 1882 marble created to represent "Paolo and Francesca" from Dante's Inferno, originally meant to be a part of the monumental bronze "Gates of Hell", which was intended as the entrance to the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, sculpture and gates now conserved at the Musee Rodin, Paris. h. 33-1/8", w. 13-3/4", d. 15" Provenance: Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago, Illinois, 1980; Private collection.
After Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917) "Le Baiser" patinated bronze cast signature along back, an "Alexis Rudier, Fondeur Paris" inscription along proper left side, after the ca. 1882 marble created to represent "Paolo and Francesca" from Dante's Inferno, originally meant to be a part of the monumental bronze "Gates of Hell", which was intended as the entrance to the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, sculpture and gates now conserved at the Musee Rodin, Paris. h. 33-1/8", w. 13-3/4", d. 15" Provenance: Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago, Illinois, 1980; Private collection.
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