Property of
THE WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON TRUST
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Details
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
Jean d'Aire
signed on the front of the base A. Rodin--inscribed on the back of the base ALEXIS RUDIER. FONDEUR. PARIS.--with raised signature inside A. Rodin--bronze with black patina
Height: 18½ in. (47 cm.)
Original plaster version cast in 1885; this bronze reduction cast at a later date
Jean d'Aire
signed on the front of the base A. Rodin--inscribed on the back of the base ALEXIS RUDIER. FONDEUR. PARIS.--with raised signature inside A. Rodin--bronze with black patina
Height: 18½ in. (47 cm.)
Original plaster version cast in 1885; this bronze reduction cast at a later date
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. B. Gerald Cantor, New York (gift to the museum, 1971)
Literature
A.E. Elsen, Rodin, Paris, 1962, p. 76 (plaster version illustrated)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967,
p. 111 (plaster version illustrated)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 98
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 376-402, no. 67 (another cast illustrated, p. 390, fig. 67-69-13)
R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Lausanne, 1967,
p. 111 (plaster version illustrated)
I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 98
J.L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 376-402, no. 67 (another cast illustrated, p. 390, fig. 67-69-13)