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Pierre de Wiessant, Colossal Head (Pierre de Wissant, tête colossale)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Susse Fondeur, Paris
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: ca. 1910; cast 1973
Dimensions: 32 3/8 x 19 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (82.2 x 49.5 x 54 cm)
Markings: Back, base: "Susse Fondeur Paris" Copyright mark--Base, lower edge, proper left: "© by MUSEE RODIN 1973"
Signature: Base, proper right: "A. Rodin"
Inscriptions: Base, proper right, below signature: "No 5"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 84.75.20
Edition: 5/12
Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Image: Overall, 84.75.20_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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