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Head of a Woman with a Chignon (Tête de Femme au chignon)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Susse Fondeur, Paris
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: ca. 1890-1900; cast 1971
Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (5.7 x 3.8 x 5.4 cm)
Markings: Under chin: "Susse Fondeur Paris" Back, neck, bottom edge: "© by Musée Rodin 1971"
Signature: Neck, proper left: "A. Rodin"
Inscriptions: Neck, proper left: "No 8"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 84.75.13
Edition: 8/12
Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Image: Overall, 84.75.13_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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