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A small marble sculpture thought to be a copy of the French artist Auguste Rodin's work has turned out to be the real thing, selling for almost $1m at an auction in France on Monday.

LACMA’s collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin will occupy a new 8,000-square-foot garden on the north side of Wilshire.

But the woman in her sculpture, made early in her tenure working in the busy studio of Auguste Rodin, leaves classicism far behind.

In addition to his wife, Pryor is survived by his daughter Stacey Pryor and his grandchildren Auguste and Avril Bas.

“I think Europe needs to step up and be stronger – we can’t always rely on Nato,” her friend Auguste Duchene says, earnestly.