The Kiss by Rodin for sale

- The famous bronze sculpture The Kiss of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin next week auctioned at Drouot in Paris. The auction house estimates the value of the work on 1.5 to 2 million.

In total Drouot auction Tuesday five bronze works by Rodin (1840-1917). Which are all from the estate of the French art dealer Jean de Ruaz, which it acquired in the forties of the last century. The copy of the late Ruaz was cast in 1927, ten years after the death of Rodin.

Le Baiser, as the work was originally called, dates from 1887 and is a picture of Paolo and Francesca, two characters from the Divine Comedy, Dante the famous poem. Together with The Thinker and The Burghers of Calais Kiss belongs to the most famous works of the Impressionist Rodin. In total there are seven casts of the bronze statue.