Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Buste de Balzac, étude type C, petit modèle dit 'deuxième version'
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the right side); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the right back); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.)
Conceived circa 1893; this bronze version cast between 1940 and 1952
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Buste de Balzac, étude type C, petit modèle dit 'deuxième version'
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the right side); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the right back); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.)
Conceived circa 1893; this bronze version cast between 1940 and 1952