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Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
French (Paris)
about 1899; bronze cast before 1905
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 37 × 23.5 × 18.1 cm (14 9/16 × 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession Number21.2521
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
Signed
signed "A. Rodin" at proper left side of base
ProvenanceBy 1905, Henry Lee Higginson (b. 1834 - d. 1919), Boston [see note]; 1921, bequest of Henry Lee Higginson to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 3, 1921)
NOTE: Lent by Henry Lee Higginson to the "Loan Collection of Paintings by Claude Monet and Eleven Sculptures by Auguste Rodin," Copley Society, Boston, March 1905. First lent to the MFA on June 20, 1907.
NOTE: Lent by Henry Lee Higginson to the "Loan Collection of Paintings by Claude Monet and Eleven Sculptures by Auguste Rodin," Copley Society, Boston, March 1905. First lent to the MFA on June 20, 1907.