Lost Rodin sculpture Andromeda rediscovered after 130 years, heading to auction

A long-lost marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin, titled Andromeda, has been rediscovered after 130 years and will be auctioned by Artcurial in Paris on May 30, 2017. The work, estimated at €800,000–1,200,000, was created in 1887 as a gift from Rodin to Chilean diplomat Carlos Lynch de Morla and his wife Luisa, in thanks for their generosity in allowing the French state to acquire a bust of Luisa. The sculpture remained in the Morla family for generations. Only five versions of Andromeda exist: three are in museums (Philadelphia Rodin Museum, Paris Rodin Museum, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires), one sold at auction in New York in 2006 for €3 million, and this newly discovered fifth version. The sculpture will be exhibited at Artcurial in Paris from March 18–28, then in Brussels, Vienna, and Milan (May 4–6). The find was made by Artcurial associate directors Stéphane Aubert and Bruno Jaubert.