Auguste Rodin
Half-Length Figure of a Woman

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Artist Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)French, 1840–1917

FoundryFabricated at Georges Rudier Fondeur (Paris)Paris

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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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

SCULPTURE

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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