Lot 44: EUGÈNE DRUET 1868-1917

THE FALL OF ICARUS

measurements note
10 5/8 by 15 in. (27.1 by 38 cm.)

signed by the photographer and inscribed 'Aug. Rodin' in the negative, the photographer's circular blindstamp in the image, mounted to buff-colored paper, the photographer's credit printed on the mount, mounted again to thick paper, the photographer's '114. Faubg. St. Honoré, Paris' studio blindstamp on the mount, 1896-1903

PROVENANCE

Christie's South Kensington, 21 April 1988, Lot 130

Acquired by the Gilman Paper Company from the above

LITERATURE

Another print of this image:

Albert E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio: A Photographic Record of Sculpture in the Making (Cornell University, 1980), pl. 43

NOTE

From the late 1890s to 1903, Rodin worked with Eugène Druet to document Rodin's sculpture. Druet, the owner of the bar across the street from Rodin's studio, was an amateur photographer whom Rodin discovered had a keen eye for capturing his work. The two collaborated for a number of years, and in Rodin's retrospective of 1900 at the Exposition Universelle, there were seventy-one photographs by Druet on display. This partnership lasted for a brief period of time, ending in 1903 due to artistic differences.