Lot 25 · 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale
Le Baiser, moyen modèle dit "Taille de la Porte" - second état
Auguste Rodin · bronze with dark brown patina
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- Estimate
- £900,000–£1,200,000 hammer ≈ $1,177,609–$1,570,146
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale, London · 9 October 2024
- Dimensions
- Height: 33 ¾ in. (85.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3215972
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3215972 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3215972
Auguste Rodin, Le Baiser, moyen modèle dit "Taille de la Porte" - second état. Christie's, 9 Oct 2024, lot 25. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3215972.
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Auguste Rodin, Le Baiser, moyen modèle dit "Taille de la Porte" - second état. Christie's, 9 Oct 2024, lot 25. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3215972.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auguste Rodin | Le Baiser, 1ère réduction dite aussi "réduction n°1" | $1,506,286 | Phillips, Nov 2021 | |
| Auguste Rodin | Les Bourgeois de Calais: five bronzes | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Auguste Rodin | femme accroupie, petit modèle | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| Auguste Rodin | Jean de Fiennes, vêtu, Grand Modèle | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Auguste Rodin | Les bourgeois de Calais, deuxième maquette (i) Pierre de Wis | Phillips, Nov 2025 | ||
| Auguste Rodin | Le Baiser, 1ère réduction | Christie's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Auguste Rodin | baiser, 1ère réduction dite aussi "no. i" | Sotheby's, May 2019 | ||
| Auguste Rodin | Pierre de Wiessant, vêtu, Grand Modèle | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.