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She Who Was The Helmet Maker's Once-Beautiful Wife (Celle qui fut la belle heaulmière)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: 1885-1887; cast 1969
Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 13 x 9 3/4 in. (50.2 x 33.0 x 24.8 cm)
Markings: Back, lower edge: ".Georges Rudier./.Fondeur. Paris." Front, proper left lower edge: "© by Musée Rodin 1969"
Signature: Front of base, proper left: "A. Rodin" Interior, lower front edge, relief cachet: "A. Rodin"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 86.87.2
Edition: 5/12
Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Image: Overall, 86.87.2_transp6250.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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