After 13 years, a case centering on the status of a group of sculptures by Rodin has been dismissed by a French court. The Paris court ruled that, because the sculptures were not cast or sold in France, the case does not come under French jurisdiction.
Rodin donated most of the work he held to France in 1916, but a number of plasters were not included. Many years later, some of these were acquired by Gary Snell, a US businessman. Working with another firm, Gruppo Mondiale, Snell arranged the casting of a number of major sculptures in bronze from these plasters.
