Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, 1840 - 1917). Title: "Desir enveloppe". Medium: Gouache, wash, brush, and pen and ink drawing on paper. Date: Composed c1880s?. Dimensions: Overall size: 18 13/16 x 12 3/8 in. (478 x 314 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in ink, lower right recto; annotation in ink (in the Artist's hand?), lower left recto; collector and gallery ink stamps, verso;. Painted on tan wove paper. Very good overall condition; the image itself is in very good to fine condition; water staining with associated wrinkling, left edge and lower right, in neither area into the image; two expertly repaired tears not into the image, upper left; all in all presents well. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: provenance@stanfordauctioneers.com for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Rodin’s finished drawings in the size of our example are rare. There are two comparable works to mention, both being substantially smaller than our example but with the same compositional style, medium, etc. The first: “Satan et un adorateur,” gouache, brush, wash, India ink, pencil/ruled paper, 4 3/4” x 6,” sold for $209,158 (£168,813) including premium at Bonhams London, October 10, 2019, lot #1; and “Centauresse dit le sphinx,” gouache and wash, pen and ink and graphite on two overlapping sheets of paper, c.1880, 5 7/8” x 3 3/4,” sold for $168,115 (£137,000) including premium at Christie's London, King Street, 03/01/2017, lot #273. [30237-3-160000]