Lot 140
140
Property from the JULES MASTBAUM FAMILY COLLECTION
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Le masque de jeune femme

signed on the right side of the base 'A. Rodin', inscribed with foundry mark on the left side of the base 'A .RUDIER. FONDEUR.PARIS'--bronze with black and green patina
Height: 7 7/8in. (20 cm.)

Original version executed in 1880; this bronze version cast in 1925-1926
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris (acquired by Jules Mastbaum, 1926)
Literature
G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, no. 25 (another cast illustrated, p. 32)

Lot Essay

This sculpture is also known as La tête de femme dite coiffée à la mode de 1880. It has been also titled Tête de Camille Claudel and Tête d'adolescente. It was under the latter name that Jules Mastbaum acquired this cast in 1926.