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The article by Monique Laurent in the 1981 Washington catalog shows us an invoice of 10 Oct. 1897 made up by the François Rudier Foundry. The total foundry costs for a life-size cast of Eve, were geven wit FF 4,700. Converted to FF of the year 2000, this would have been: FF 4,700 X 20.277 = FF 95,300 On 8 or 9 Nov. 1999, this 1897 Eve bronze cast (première épreuve) was auctioned for a record price at Christie´s: Yet another European dealer hit a Rodin auction record
for Eve. The 68 1/8 inches bronze sculpture with brown patina was
conceived in 1880-81, cast in 1897 by François Rudier, and inscribed
"A. Rodin" and "Premiere Épreuve" on the base. The
Rodin was formerly owned by Auguste Pellerin (1852-1929) of Paris, whose
famed Cézanne collection has been auctioned in groups over the last few
years by Christie's. BBC News mentions us the exact price Eve achieved: |
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At the same Christie's auction, an Auguste Rodin
sculpture fetched $4,842,500, a new record In 1897, the sales price for the Eve cast may have been
ca. FF 10,000 -12,000 (in 1906 - 1907, Rodin accepted FF 14,000 - 15,000
as a "friendly price" for his enlarged Thinker casts). For collectors and scholars trying to assess the value of Rodin works in their collection, an overview of current auction results for comparable works is indispensable. With the help of Internet research, I have been able to trace some recent transactions, but to do this on a regular basis would be a full-time job. With the help of the ARTPRICE™ database, it is possible to track auction results for a large number of artists.
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