Auguste RODIN Zoubaloff Bather - 1885 Bronze with greenish brown patina Signed and numbered on the rock on the right "A. Rodin / 7/12", numbered at the base of the rock "130", founder's stamp on the back of the rock on the right "Alexis.Rudier/Fondeur.PARIS" and signature stamp inside "A.Rodin". Model designed in 1885, this proof cast in 1944 Height: 35.90 cm Provenance: Rodin Museum, Paris M. Roland, Paris (acquired from him in August 1944) Private collection, France Sale Paris, Millon & Associés, 29 November 2004, lot 62 Private collection, Marseille (acquired at the latter) To the current owner by successive transfers Bibliography: G.Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Monaco, 1947, n° 81 p.142, reproduced p.81 (the plaster) I. Jianou, C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Arted, Paris, 1967, p.103 (another copy) A.Le Normand-Romain, Rodin et le bronze. Catalogue des œuvres conservées au Musée Rodin, vol. I, Flammarion, Paris, 2007, reproduced in colour p.96 (another copy) and in black and white p.156-157 (another copy) This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Critique de L'œuvre Sculpté d'Auguste Rodin currently being prepared by La Galerie Brame & Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay, under no. 2004V767B. Bronze with brown green patina ; signed and numbered on the rock on the right, numbered at the bottom of the rock, foundry mark on the back of the rock on the right, and signature stamp inside ; Height: 14 1/8 in. Lot en importation temporaire / Lot in temporary import Lot in temporary import. The hammer price is exclusive of VAT. VAT at the reduced rate of 5.5% applies to the hammer price and the sales commission. This VAT is recoverable for French professionals. It is refundable for a buyer from outside the EU on presentation of proof of export from the EU or for a professional buyer with an intra-Community VAT number and a document proving delivery in the Member State. This work is in temporary import. The hammer price will be VAT excluded. 5.5% VAT will be added to the hammer price and buyer's premium. Upon request, this VAT can be refunded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside the EU or to the EU purchaser who will submit his intracommunity VAT number and a proof of shipment of his purchase to his EU country home address. Auguste RODIN