Auguste RODIN ( 1840 - 1917 )
BALZAC (tête) avant dernier état
Known also as "Variante S1652"
Bronze, richly shaded green brown patina.
H : 19,4 cm, L : 18,5 cm, D : 18,2 cm
Lifetime cast signed "A Rodin", sand cast and work probably by Auguste Griffoul.
Cast circa 1897-1903
Edition details :
At least eleven lifetime casts identified today, with seven in museums collections including the one at the musée Rodin.
About the Balzac Monument and the model :
TANCOCK John L. (dir.), "Balzac" in The sculpture of Auguste Rodin. The collection of the Rodin Museum Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976, pp. 425-459.
LE NORMAND-ROMAIN Antoinette, "Balzac, dernière étude pour la tête" in Rodin et le bronze. Catalogue des oeuvres conservées au Musée Rodin. Vol. 2, Paris, Musée Rodin/Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, pp. 177-178.
About the founder :
LEBON Elisabeth, "Auguste Griffoul" in Dictionnaire des fondeurs de bronze d’art : France 1890-1950, Perth, Marjon Editions, 2003, pp. 172-174.
TANCOCK John L. (dir.), "Balzac" in The sculpture of Auguste Rodin. The collection of the Rodin Museum Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976, pp. 425-459.
LE NORMAND-ROMAIN Antoinette, "Balzac, dernière étude pour la tête" in Rodin et le bronze. Catalogue des oeuvres conservées au Musée Rodin. Vol. 2, Paris, Musée Rodin/Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, pp. 177-178.
About the founder :
LEBON Elisabeth, "Auguste Griffoul" in Dictionnaire des fondeurs de bronze d’art : France 1890-1950, Perth, Marjon Editions, 2003, pp. 172-174.
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