05331_PhilRodin_Meditation_F1929-7-21v1-pma
La Méditation
Meditation [Museum's Title: Meditation or The Inner Voice]
modeled c. 1881-1896, cast 1921
bronze, no. 2 ; sand cast [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
statuette
Dimensions (HxWxD): 29 x 11 x 11 in.
top of base, by figure's right foot: A. Rodin
rear center of base: Alexis Rudier / Fondeur. Paris
Acc. No.: F1929-7-21
Credit Line: Bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1929
Photo credit: Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
© Artist : public domain
© Artist : public domainProvenance
- 1921, August 15, Commissioned by the Musée Rodin, Paris [D6 RE1 et RE3 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1921, Cast by Eugène Rudier (1875-1952) who continued using the mark of his father Alexis Rudier (?-1897)
- 1922, May 17, Invoice date [D73 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1922, May 30, Payment date [D73 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1924, September, part of Jules E. Mastbaum's first purchase order from the Musée Rodin [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1924, October 16, Jules Mastbaum [ACHD141 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1929, Bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum
Bibliography
- 1929 Watkins
Fridolyn G. Watkins, Rodin Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Rodin Museum, 1929, p. 12 - 1969 Tancock
John L. Tancock, Rodin Museum: Handbook, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969, no. 19 - 1976 Tancock
John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin: The Collection of the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, David R. Godine, 1976, p. 193-199, p. 195, repr. - 1976 Paris
Rodin et les écrivains de son temps, Paris, Musée Rodin, 23 juin-18 octobre 1976, ed. Musée Rodin, Claudie Judrin et Monique Laurent, p. 31, 35 - 1977 Caso
Jacques de Caso and Patricia B. Sanders, Rodin's Sculpture: A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1977, p. 97, 147, 315-316 - 2003 Elsen
Albert E. Elsen, Rosalyn Frankel Jamison, Rodin's Art: The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, New York, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 238-245, p. 241, repr. - 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, vol. 2, pp. 509-514, La Méditation, vers 1881-1896, cet exemplaire est cité p.511 : "Fonte Alexis Rudier trois exemplaires en 1921 dont les deux premiers sont sans doute [...] le n°2/12, Philadelphie, Rodin Museum (acq. Jules Mastbaum, 1924)" - 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, vol. 2, pp. 509-514, Meditation, c. 1881-1896, this copy is mentioned p. 511: "Three casts by Alexis Rudier, in 1921, the first two which probably are [...] the 2/12, Philadelphia, Rodin Museum (acq. Jules Mastbaum, 1924)"
Exhibitions
- 1992 Philadelphia
Modes of Memory in Nineteenth Century Franch Painting, Philadelphia, Museum of Art, 28 March-26 July 1992
2007-2008 Dallas/San Francisco/Baltimore
Matisse: The Painter as Sculptor, Dallas Museum of Art, 21 January-29 April 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 10 June-10 September 2007; Baltimore Museum of Art, 7 October 2007-13 January 2008
2009-2010 Seoul/Busan/Taiwan
Monet to Picasso: Masterpieces From The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Seoul, Seoul Arts Center, 16 December 2009-28 March 2010; Busan, Busan Museum, March-June 2010; Taiwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, June-September 2010