Lot 253 , Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). A bronze bust of 'Suzon'

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). A bronze bust of 'Suzon', inscribed ‘Cie de Bronzes a Bruxelles’, on a fitted bronze socle and red veined marble base, title plate, 45cm high

Provenance - the estate of cartoonist Ian Scott Parker

In 1870, as the Franco Prussian war raged in France, Auguste Rodin went to Belgium to work in the Atelier of decorative sculptor Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. He stayed for six years producing his first commercially successful piece in the style of his employer, the bust of a young girl called Suzon. After a trip to Italy in 1876 exposed him to the work of Michaelangelo, he abandoned this style, but at the time Suzon proved very popular and sold in multiple copies. Conceived in 1872, the bust Suzon was subsequently cast by La Companie des Bronzes de Bruxelles between 1872 and 1939.
£5,000-8,000

Sold for £7,000