US EditionA Family Thought the Sculpture on Their Piano Was a ‘Fake’ Rodin. Now It’s Sold for Nearly $1 Million | News Channel 3-12
- A small marble sculpture titled 'Le Desespoir' by French artist Auguste Rodin sold for €860,000 at a June 9 auction in France.
- The sculpture sat for years on a family's piano in Rennes, believed to be a replica until auctioneer Aymeric Rouillac submitted it to the Comité Rodin in March for verification.
- After a six-week investigation including genealogical research, the Comité Rodin confirmed the 28.5 cm work from 1892 as an authentic Rodin piece that had disappeared after a 1906 auction.
- Rouillac called the sculpture an "extremely rare" find, and Jerome Le Blay of the Comité Rodin said, "I realised in a second that it was real."
- The sale to an anonymous American buyer reflects renewed interest in Rodin's works once thought lost, highlighting the importance of expert authentication in art valuation.
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It was a marble version of "La Despazione" (The Desperation), made between 1892 and 1893: "One of the best moments of the artist's career." The buyer? A young banker of the American West Coast
A family thought the sculpture on their piano was a 'fake' Rodin. Now it's sold for nearly $1.5 million
A sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin that had disappeared from public view for almost 120 years and was thought to be a copy has sold for 860,000 euros ($1.5 million) at auction.Le Desespoir, or Despair, which shows a female figure sat on a rock holding one foot with her knee hugged to her chest, was rediscovered late last year after last being sold in 1906, said auction house Rouillac in a statement.Rodin, who lived from 1840 to 1917, mad…
Rodin's work "The Desperation" was sold 860,000 euros at auction on Sunday 8 June. His former owners, installed in the Cher, long believed that it was a fake Jackpot
A family thought the sculpture on their piano was a ‘fake’ Rodin. Now it’s sold for nearly $1 million
A sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin that had disappeared from public view for almost 120 years and was thought to be a copy has sold for 860,000 euros ($984,000) at auction.
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