Lot Details
Lot 187
Auguste Rene Francois Rodin
French, 1840-1917
PETIT TETE DE FEMME AU CHIGNON
Signed and numbered A. Rodin no.9, inscribed c by Musee Rodin 1971, inscribed Susse. Fondeur Paris on the bottom
Bronze with golden brown patina
Height 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm.)
The original plaster version was executed 1880-1900; this bronze version was cast in 1971, numbered 9 in an edition of 12.
Provenance:
Musee Rodin, Paris (acquired by the original owner in 1971)
Literature:
L. Ambrosini and M. Facos, Rodin, The Cantor Gift to The Brooklyn Museum, 1967, no.12 (another cast illustrated, p.67)
This head is related to one which appears above The Thinker in the cornice of the tympanum of The Gates of Hell.
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