Study of Honoré de Balzac
A study for the Balzac the Societe des Gens de Lettres refused. Posthumous casts are legal, numerous, and worth a fraction — the foundry mark decides it.
MakerAuguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
Date1891–1892
OriginFrance, 19th century
Mediumbronze
DimensionsOverall: 52.7 x 39.4 x 32.4 cm (20 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
ClassSculpture
RegisterWork — unique
QuantityOne. There is never a second.
Price on request
How this figure was reached
A name band is built from every lot that name ever carried, most of them prints and multiples. It cannot value a unique work, so none is quoted.
The public record
Auctionet, 2026-09-21 · 162 ended lots found
priced 15
unsold 0
sell-through 100%
confidence 0.52
basis hammer
in euro € 64–€ 153
Attribution
By
Documented as the maker's own work.
Attributed to
The scholarship points here; the documentation is incomplete.
Circle of
The workshop or immediate following, in the maker's lifetime.
Manner of
The style, by another hand, at any date.
After
A copy of a known work by this maker.
Unattributed
No maker of record. Most of the trade lives here.
This plate
Study of Honoré de Balzac, The Cleveland Museum of Art, object 146868.
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