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Balzac, Smiling Head, known as Head I (Balzac, tête souriante dite Tête I)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: ca. 1893; cast 1980
Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (16.8 x 14.0 x 14.6 cm)
Markings: Back, lower edge of hair: ".Georges Rudier./.Fondeur. Paris." Proper left neck at bottom edge: "© by Musée Rodin. 1980."
Signature: Proper left jowl: "A. Rodin"
Inscriptions: Proper left jowl/neck: "No 10"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Accession Number: 85.119
Edition: 10/12
Credit Line: Gift of the B. Gerald Cantor Collection
Image: Overall, 85.119_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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