Auguste Rodin
Half-Length Figure of a Woman

ArtistFrench, 1840–1917
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Half-Length Figure of a Woman
Datec. 1910, cast 1970
MediumBronze with green patina and wooden base
Dimensions31 × 23 × 15 in. (78.7 × 58.4 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of her family in memory of Doris Fondren Allday Lummis
Object number2019.324
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
227 Beck Galleries
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ProvenanceThe work has been in one private collection throughout its history and is being offered to us by the daughter of the collector in her honor. As far as we know, the work was acquired by him in c. 1983 directly from the foundry. The owner has supplied an expertise from the Rodin Museum assuring its authenticity.
Exhibition HistoryNone.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on left flank: A. Rodin
Incribed on right flank: .Georges Rudier. / .Fondeur.Paris.
Inscribed at left bottom: © by Musée Rodin, 1970
Signed on left flank: A. Rodin
There are no marks other than the Foundry sign, noted above.
Catalogue raisonnéTancock, John L., The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), cat. 18-4.

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