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Les Premieres Funerailles
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
French
19th century
1899–1900
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
60.96 x 50.8 x 39.37 cm (24 x 20 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin L. Jack Fund
Accession Number59.52
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionAlso: Le Purgatoire, or La Tombe d'une Ame dans Les Limbes. Three kneeling figures on irregular mound, two supporting inert upper one. Signed A. Rodin on larger surface of mound. Edition of only three.
ProvenanceBaudouin Collection, Paris [see note 1]. Gallerie Les Tourettes, Switzerland; 1959, sold by the Galleries Les Tourettes to the MFA for $7500. (Accession date: February 12, 1959)
NOTES:
[1] According to a February 12, 1959 letter by Hanns Swarzenski to Perry Rathbone.
NOTES:
[1] According to a February 12, 1959 letter by Hanns Swarzenski to Perry Rathbone.