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Tête de la douleur
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de la douleur
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side), and inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 13¾ in. (35 cm.)
Conceived in 1882; this bronze version cast by the Alexis Rudier foundry in 1927
Tête de la douleur
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side), and inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 13¾ in. (35 cm.)
Conceived in 1882; this bronze version cast by the Alexis Rudier foundry in 1927
Provenance
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1935-1938.
Literature
G. Grappe, Le Musée Rodin, Paris, 1974, p. 141, no. 49 (another cast illustrated, p. 49).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 66 (another cast illustrated).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, p. 218, no. 57 (another cast illustrated, p. 135).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 89 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 89.
L. Goldscheider, Rodin, London, 1970, p. 117, no. 19 (another cast illustrated).
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 66 (another cast illustrated).
B. Champigneulle, Rodin, London, 1967, p. 218, no. 57 (another cast illustrated, p. 135).
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967, p. 89 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 89.
L. Goldscheider, Rodin, London, 1970, p. 117, no. 19 (another cast illustrated).