Rodin’s Kiss: Cast Under the Master’s Supervision

This bronze cast by Barbedienne has been in the same collection since the 1960s. We look back at the birth of an icon. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Le Baiser (The Kiss), size No. 2, épreuve en bronze model with brown patina by Barbedienne, between 1899 and 1917, sand casting signed "Rodin", stamp "Réduction Mécanique A Collas", marked "Barbedienne Fondeur Paris", "AA", No. 798, 25.7 x 15.7 x 15.4 cm/10.1 x 6.1 x 6.06 in.Estimate: €30,000/50,000 If the evocative power of this sculpture leads us to see it today as an allegory of love, we should remember that it was originally surrounded by an