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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de Jean d'Aire
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de Jean d'Aire
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the side) and inscribed with foundry mark 'Georges.Rudier Fondeur.Paris' (on the back); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11¾ in. (30 cm.)
Conceived circa 1886; this bronze version cast between 1952-1954
Tête de Jean d'Aire
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the side) and inscribed with foundry mark 'Georges.Rudier Fondeur.Paris' (on the back); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11¾ in. (30 cm.)
Conceived circa 1886; this bronze version cast between 1952-1954
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner, 1954.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner, 1954.
Literature
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 98.
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 399.
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 399.