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Collections: European Art: Head of the Tragic Muse (Tête de la Muse tragique)

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Head of the Tragic Muse (Tête de la Muse tragique)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: 1895; cast 1979
Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 7 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (29.5 x 18.4 x 25.1 cm)
Markings: Back, proper left side of neck at bottom edge: ".Georges Rudier./.Fondeur Paris." Back, proper right side at base of neck: "© by Musée Rodin 1979"
Signature: Bottom left side: "A. Rodin"
Inscriptions: Neck, proper left: "No 5"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 84.75.12
Edition: 5/8/12
Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Image: Overall, 84.75.12_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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