Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Eternel printemps, premier état, taille originale?variante type C

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Eternel printemps, premier état, taille originale?variante type C
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side); inscribed and dated '© by Musée Rodin 1955' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark '.Georges Rudier. .Fondeur. Paris.' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 24 7/8 in. (63.2 cm.)
Length: 29 in. (73.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1884; this bronze version cast in 1955

Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris.
M. Planes, Paris (acquired from the above, December 1955).
World House Galleries (Herbert Mayer), New York (acquired from the above, December 1955).
Claude Marumo, Paris.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1987, lot 7.
Gallery Umeda, Osaka (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, Japan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.