Fine Content Rodin ALS on the Stationery of an English Socialite and Client to "Mon Cher Maitre" by RODIN, AUGUSTE
by RODIN, AUGUSTE
Fine Content Rodin ALS on the Stationery of an English Socialite and Client to "Mon Cher Maitre"
by RODIN, AUGUSTE
- Used
- Signed
RODIN, AUGUSTE. (1840-1917). French sculptor; creator of The Thinker and other well-known masterpieces. ALS. ("Aug Rodin"). ½pp. 8vo. (London), June 24 [?], 1906. Written to "Mon Cher Maitre." on the London stationery of British socialite MARY HUNTER (1856-1933), whom Rodin sculpted in both bronze and marble.
"My dear Master, I am sorry as I wanted so much to render you some services in testimony of admiration. I cannot, [as] I believe that I have resigned from this society with Paul Adam D'Indy only eight days ago. It publishes Les tendances nouvelles, as its organ. If I am wrong (you can send this card) and should it be another company putting the name of the artist I do not have it here. My distinguished deference..."
Rodin's characteristic rough-hewn style and virtuoso technique made him the leading sculptor of his time and placed him at the vanguard of modern art. As such, he was regularly sought after for large-scale commissions and busts of people of international renown such as George Bernard Shaw, Victor Hugo and Gustav Mahler. In 1900, he exhibited 150 works at at the Place de l'Alma, which he timed to coincide with the Paris Exposition Universelle, and came to the attention of wealthy patrons, such as Hunter, a London salonnière, wife of Northumbrian coal magnate Charles Hunter and close friend of John Singer Sargent. Rodin had met Hunter in London in 1902 and in November 1904 she traveled to his Meudon studio to sit for the sculptor. "There are several casts of her portrait in bronze, but Rodin admired the 'marble' quality of her flesh, and made [a] more elaborate version in that material [now in the Tate collection]. He told her she was like 'an Englishwoman of the time of Pericles' (that is, in the great period of Greek sculpture). The base of the sculpture is a cloudy, formless mound, decorated with a swag of roses, turning the head into a symbol of beauty, as well as a portrait," (Tate Gallery Label, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rodin-mrs-charles-hunter-n04116). Rodin and Hunter would remain friends and he was a guest at her country estate in Epping Forest and in her London home, whence he wrote our letter.
In excellent condition. A fine content letter and somewhat uncommon in ALS.
- Bookseller Lion Heart Autographs Inc (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Keywords Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, sculpture, art, autograph, signed
Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) on letterhead of Harper & Brothers Editorial Rooms, to a Miss Bridgman, 24 January 1895
by Sangster, Margaret E
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original manuscript
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$55.45
Show Details
Two page autograph letter signed selling copies of Old Chelsea
by Unwin, T. Fisher
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$119.57
Show Details
Holograph Note Signed
by Salter, James
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$131.70
Show Details
The Complete Letter-Writer. Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life. Also a Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, On Business, Duty, Amusement, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friendship,.....
by (Donaldson, Alexander, Printer)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$138.63
Show Details
From.... "HELL RECONSIDERED"
by Styron, William
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$138.63
Show Details
Original Handwritten Letter From Pianist Harold Bauer, 1907, With Three Performance Programs, 1917
by Harold Victor Bauer
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Original Documents
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$137.24
Show Details
Autographed Photo of Penn and Teller
by Penn & Teller
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Good with slight fading
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Silver City, New Mexico, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$152.49
Show Details
This 8 inch by 10 inch black & white photo is a publicity still from the Warner Brothers movie "Penn & Teller Get Killed", made in 1989.
It is autographed in red ink by both Penn and Teller.
Autographed Photo of Bob Hope
by Hope, Bob
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Silver City, New Mexico, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$152.49
Show Details
This photo is a promotional movie still for the movie "The Cat and the Canary", released in the year 1939, which starred Bob Hope with Paulette Goddard.
The photo is matted in a pale green photo mat and is autographed,
"Bob".
2 billets autographes signés à Jean-Paul Brunet à propos de sa poésie, 1901
by Breton, Jules (peintre et poète français, 1827-1906)
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Très bon
- Edition
- Ed. originale
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Paris, France
- Item Price
-
CA$123.32
Show Details
Robert Dale Owen Signed Letter
by Owen, Robert Dale
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Van Nuys, California, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$173.29