Nov 01, 2001 - Sale 1912

Sale 1912 - Lot 27

Price Realized: $ 575
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
RODIN, AUGUSTE. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed recipient, in French, sending him an inked drawing of a sylph and asking his opinion, possibly concerning a sketch of a figure for his masterpiece the Gates of Hell. 1 page, folded small 8vo sheet with integral blank; usual fold. Np, nd

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"Here it is. It is done with ordinary ink. I don't know if it is good. Would you tell me what you think of it? Yours, Rodin. The subject is the sylph who takes you into the abyss."<