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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
AUGUSTE RODIN Victor Hugo, de trois quarts.
Drypoint, 1885. 200x147 mm; 9x5 3/4 inches, wide margins. Third state (of 8), before the removal of the monogram and still with the smaller "sketch" heads below. Signed and dedicated to artist and financier Gustav Natorp in pen and brown ink, lower right. A superb impression of this very scarce, early proof.
Natorp (1884-1888) made his fortune in Boston banking in the mid-1800s. He discovered his passion for art and sculpture late in life, becoming both a student of Rodin and a collector of his art. Delteil 6.
