AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917) Psyché. Femme à demi-nue, bras croisés (Executed circa ...

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Psyché. Femme à demi-nue, bras croisés
signed 'A Rodin' (lower right)
watercolour, pencil and estompe on paper
29.9 x 22.4cm (11 3/4 x 8 13/16in).
Executed circa 1900
Footnotes:
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Christina Buley-Uribe. This work will be included in the forthcoming Auguste Rodin catalogue raisonné of paintings and works on paper, currently being prepared.

Provenance
Nicolas and Peggy Khalil Bey Collection, Egypt & UK (acquired by 1949).
Private collection, UK (a gift from the above).
Private collection, UK (by descent from the above).
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Condition
The sheet is hinged at two points along the upper edge (verso). There is an artist pinhole to the upper centre edge and another one to the lower centre edge. Some wear to the edges including three tears to the upper edge (the largest measuring approx. 1.3cm), a small paper loss to the lower left edge, a line of adhesive remnant along the outer left centre edge, and a small folding crease to the upper right corner. some discolouration in places, mostly to the upper centre and lower centre edges. Some discolouration due to adhesive (verso) in places, mostly along the left edge, to the upper centre edge and to the lower centre edge. The sheet has darkened within a historic mount and some of the pigments have faded slightly as a result . Handling creases and spots of foxing visible in places.