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A NEW ENGLAND MUSEUM
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Tête de Pierre de Wiessant
signed on the right side A. Rodin, inscribed on the back Alexis. Rudier Fondeur. Paris--with raised signature inside A. Rodin-- bronze with green and black patina
Height: 11 in. (27.9 cm.)
Original plaster version executed in 1890; this bronze version cast at a later date
Tête de Pierre de Wiessant
signed on the right side A. Rodin, inscribed on the back Alexis. Rudier Fondeur. Paris--with raised signature inside A. Rodin-- bronze with green and black patina
Height: 11 in. (27.9 cm.)
Original plaster version executed in 1890; this bronze version cast at a later date
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, no. 111 (another bronze version illustrated, p. 52)
A. E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 70-87 (larger bronze version illustrated, p. 75)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 98 (larger bronze version illustrated, pl. 47)
L. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, pp. 119 and 120 (another bronze version illustrated, pl.45)
J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 376-402 (another bronze version illustrated, p. 381)
J. de Caso and P.B. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture, San Francisco, 1977, no. 38 (plaster version illustrated), p. 212)
A. E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, pp. 70-87 (larger bronze version illustrated, p. 75)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 98 (larger bronze version illustrated, pl. 47)
L. Goldscheider, Rodin Sculptures, London, 1970, pp. 119 and 120 (another bronze version illustrated, pl.45)
J. L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 376-402 (another bronze version illustrated, p. 381)
J. de Caso and P.B. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture, San Francisco, 1977, no. 38 (plaster version illustrated), p. 212)