Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Buste de Balzac, étude type C, petit modèle, 3ème version
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front) and inscribed with foundry mark 'ALEXIS RUDIER FONDEUR PARIS.' (on the back); and with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with black patina
Height: 6¼ in. (16 cm.)
Conceived circa 1893; this bronze version cast circa 1918
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Buste de Balzac, étude type C, petit modèle, 3ème version
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the front) and inscribed with foundry mark 'ALEXIS RUDIER FONDEUR PARIS.' (on the back); and with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with black patina
Height: 6¼ in. (16 cm.)
Conceived circa 1893; this bronze version cast circa 1918