| Young Woman with a Serpent | |
|---|---|
 The Museo Soumaya cast. | |
| Artist | Auguste Rodin |
| Year | c. 1885 [1] |
| Medium | Bronze |
Young Woman with a Serpent (French : Jeune Fille au Serpent) is a c. 1885 sculpture by Auguste Rodin, realised in several media. The artist later used the figure in his 1905 Adam and Eve . [2]
A 1979 bronze cast of the work was stolen from a house in Beverly Hills in 1991 and was missing for two decades until the Comité Rodin, expert of the artist recognized the work in 2010 when a consignor brought it to Christie's to be auctioned. [3] After a four-year legal battle between the insurer and the consignor, negotiations led by the Art Recovery Group resulted in the work being returned. [4] It was subsequently sold at auction for $137,000 on November 13, 2015. [1]
Another cast from 1988 is exhibited in the Musée Rodin. [5]
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