RODIN, Auguste

Paris 1840 - Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine 1917

Maker: Rudier, Georges

Balzac, tête souriante, dite tête I

Balzac, Smiling Head, known as Head I

modeled c. 1893, cast 1980

bronze 10/12, sand cast [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]

head

Dimensions (HxWxD): 6 ⁵⁄₈ x 5 ¹⁄₂ x 5 ³⁄₄; weight: 86.83 Ib [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]

signature on proper left jowl: A. Rodin
proper left jowl/neck: N°10
back, lower edge of hair: .Georges Rudier. / .Fondeur.Paris.
proper left neck at bottom edge: © by Musée Rodin. 1980.

Acc. No.: 85.119

Credit Line: Gift of the B. Gerald Cantor Collection

Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum photograph, Creative Commons-BY

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

New York, New York, Brooklyn Museum

www.brooklynmuseum.org

Provenance

• 1980, June 3, Commisioned by the Musée Rodin, Paris [D14 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
• 1980, September 17, Invoice date [D14 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
• 1980, September 19, Delivery date [D14, 1E11.2 ACHD112 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
• 1980, October 2, Payment date [D9 RE16 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
• 1981, September 22-1982, April 7, work consigned in the Bruton Gallery, Bruton, Somerset, England
• 1982, April 8, Great Britain, Bruton Gallery Bruton [D47, D9 RE16 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
• 1982, April 9-1985, New York, Bruton Gallery
• before 1985, Private Collection [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
• 1985, Gift of the B. Gerald Cantor Collection

Bibliography

• Museum's website (June 23, 2016)
• 1998 Le Normand-Romain
  1898 : Le Balzac de Rodin, catalogue d'exposition, sous la direction d’Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, Paris, Musée Rodin, 1998, p.304 , Balzac, tête souriante, dite Tête I, 1980, this copy is mentioned / cet exemplaire est cité p. 304, n°51
• 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. 1, p. 172, Balzac, tête souriante, dite tête I, vers 1893, cet exemplaire est cité p. 172 : "douze exemplaires, fonte Georges Rudier [...] n°10, 1980, Brooklyn Museum of Art, don Cantor Foundation, 1985"
• 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. 1, p. 172, Balzac, Smiling Head, known as Head I, c. 1893, this copy is mentioned p. 172: "twelve casts, by Geroges Rudier [...] no.10, 1980, Brooklyn Museum of Art, gift of Cantor Foundation, 1985"

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