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Balzac, Monumental Head (Balzac, tête monumentale)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: 1898; cast 1979
Dimensions: 20 x 17 1/2 x 16 in. (50.8 x 44.5 x 40.6 cm)
Markings: Back, lower edge of base: ".Georges Rudier./.Fondeur. Paris." Lower edge of base, proper left: "© by Musée Rodin 1978"
Signature: Base, proper left: "A. Rodin" Interior, front of neck, plate in relief: "A. Rodin"
Inscriptions: Base, proper left, below signature: "No 6"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 84.75.23
Edition: 6/12
Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Image: Overall, 84.75.23_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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