RODIN, Auguste

Paris 1840 - Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine 1917

Petite tête

Small Head

modeled c. 1882, cast c. 1926

plaster

head

Dimensions (HxWxD): 2 ³⁄₈ x 1 ⁵⁄₈ x 2 ¹⁄₂ in.

Acc. No.: F1929-7-95

Credit Line: Bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1929

Photo credit: Rodin Museum, Philadelphia

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rodin Museum/Philadelphia Museum of Art

www.rodinmuseum.org

Provenance

• 1926, possibly acquired from the Musée Rodin, Paris, by Jules E. Mastbaum
• 1929, bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum

Bibliography

• 1929 Watkins
  Fridolyn G. Watkins, Rodin Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Rodin Museum, 1929, p. 22 no. 95
• 1969 Tancock
  John L. Tancock, Rodin Museum: Handbook, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969, no. 11
• 1976 Tancock
  John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin: The Collection of the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, David R. Godine, 1976, p. 606-612, p. 608, repr. (no. 111)
• 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

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