103495 | HUNGARY & FRANCE. Auguste Rodin fused cast bronze Medal.

103495  |  FRANCE & HUNGARY. Auguste Rodin fused cast bronze Medal. Issued 1967 for the 50th anniversary of the death of the famous sculptor (98mm, 381 g, 12h). By Renner Kálmán.

 

Capped and robed bust facing slightly left // Representation of Rodin's sculpture, Le Baiser (The Kiss); "A Rodin" below. Edge: Some sprues on the edge, as well as a noticeable seam and filing marks.

 

Essentially as made; the product of two cast uniface halves fused together. Extremely rare, impressive, and rather hefty.

 

Ex Berliner Münzkabinett 94 (10 July 2004), lot 1547.

 

Widely considered the founder of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin departed from more traditional styles and themes of the craft, instead opting for a more bold, expressive nature. The work featured on the reverse of this medal. Le Baiser (The Kiss), completed in 1889, remains one of his more endearing and most popular. While the craftsmanship of this particular medal, with its somewhat rough fusing of two uniface halves, may seem unrefined, it is very much in the vein of the contemporary medallic art of Hungary, in that it displays a more raw, tactile feel with less technical embellishments. As such, it pairs rather well with Rodin's overall style.

 

Upload: 5 November 2026.