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RODIN, Auguste

Paris 1840 - Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine 1917

Maker: Rudier, Eugène

Tête de la Douleur

Head of Sorrow

modeled c. 1882, enlarged c. 1902, cast 1920 [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]

bronze, without no., sand cast [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]

head

Dimensions (HxWxD): 9 x 9 1⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 in.

signature on proper left neck: A. Rodin
cachet on interior, same placement as exterior signature: A. Rodin
lower back edge: .ALEXIS.RUDIER. / FONDEUR. PARIS

Acc. No.: 86.87.3

Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum photograph, Creative Commons-BY

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

New York, New York, Brooklyn Museum

www.brooklynmuseum.org

Provenance

  • 1920, February 12, Commissioned by the Musée Rodin, Paris [D73 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1920, Cast by Eugène Rudier (1875-1952) who continued using the mark of his father Alexis Rudier (?-1897)
  • 1920, February 12, Delivery date [same as date of commission?] [D73 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1920, July 7, Invoice date (685 francs) [D73 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1920, September 10, Payment date [D73 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1920, July 1, Sold to an art connoisseur (5 000 francs) [D73, ACHD141 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • Before 1986, Private Collection [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1986, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Bibliography

  • Museum's website (June 22, 2016)
  • 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.674-676, Tête de la Douleur, vers 1882, cet exemplaire est cité p. 674 : "par Alexis Rudier [...] : Brooklyn, Museum of Art, don Iris et B. Gerald Cantor, 1986"
  • 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. 674-676, Head of Sorrow, c. 1882, this copy is mentioned p. 674: "by Alexis Rudier [...]: Brooklyn, Museum of Art, gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, 1986"
  • 2017 Blanchetière
    François Blanchetière, L’Enfer selon Rodin, éditions du musée Rodin, édition Norma, Paris, 2017, fig.2, p. 200