Handcrafted bronze sculpture "Baigneuse" (1880) by Auguste Rodin, museum replica

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Sculpture “Baigneuse” (1880), version in bronze

This sculpture, like "The Kiss" or "The Thinker," is a study for Rodin's never-completed, legendary monumental work "The Gates of Hell." It exemplifies the genius of Rodin's "speaking" surfaces.

Original: Bronze, Musée Faure, Aix-les-Bains. Created in 1880.

Ars Mundi museum replica, hand-cast. Version in fine bronze, cast using the lost-wax casting method, finely patinated and polished. Height 45 cm, weight approx. 7.5 kg.