Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Tête de Balzac
signed and inscribed on the back 'A. Rodin A. Rudier Fondeur.Paris'--with raised signature inside 'A. Rodin'--bronze with dark green patina
Height: 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.)
Original model executed 1893-1897; this bronze version cast at a later date
Tête de Balzac
signed and inscribed on the back 'A. Rodin A. Rudier Fondeur.Paris'--with raised signature inside 'A. Rodin'--bronze with dark green patina
Height: 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.)
Original model executed 1893-1897; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin on Jan. 19, 1953
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin on Jan. 19, 1953
Literature
H. Read, The Art of Sculpture, New York, 1956, p. 111, pl. 190 (another cast illustrated)
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 90, 93 and 101 (plaster version illustrated, p. 91)
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, p. 191 (plaster version illustrated, fig. 94)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, pp. 104-105
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 455
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 90, 93 and 101 (plaster version illustrated, p. 91)
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, p. 191 (plaster version illustrated, fig. 94)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, pp. 104-105
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 455
Exhibited
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Auguste Rodin, May, 1954, no. 26
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection, April-May, 1960, no. 112 (illustrated)
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection, April-May, 1960, no. 112 (illustrated)