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RODIN, Auguste

Paris 1840 - Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine 1917

Maker:

Docteur Thiriar

Portrait of Docteur Thiriar

modeled 1872, cast by 1900

bronze; lost wax cast [archives, Musée Rodin, Pari]

bust

Dimensions (HxWxD): 21 38 x 16 12 x 10 in.

Acc. No.: 77.58

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1977

Photo credit: 2012 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Provenance

  • 1977, March 29, London, Christie, Manson & Woods, sale, lot 40, ill.
  • 1977, March 29, London, Heim Gallery (agent for HMSG)
  • 1977, Museum Purchase

Bibliography

  • 2007 Le Normand-Romain (français)
    Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, avec la collaboration d'Hélène Marraud et Diane Tytgat, introductions par Dr. Ruth Butler et Mr. Régis Cusinberche, Rodin et le bronze. Catalogue des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, 2 volumes, Paris, Musée Rodin / Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, œuvre absente de ce catalogue
  • 2007 Le Normand-Romain (English)
    Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, with the collaboration of Hélène Marraud and Diane Tytgat, introductions by Dr. Ruth Butler and Mr. Régis Cusinberche, The Bronzes of Rodin. Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, 2 volumes, English version, Paris, Musée Rodin / Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, work not in this catalogue

Exhibitions

  • Museum's website, 2010

    1995 Shiga/Tokyo/Iwaki City/Takamatsu City
    The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum, Shiga, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 1 July-6 August 1995; Tokyo, ODAKYU MUSEUM, 9 August-28 August 1995; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November 1995; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December 1995, p. 52, ill. p. 53; separate catalogue for Japan, no. 10-a