Collection

Bust of the Zoubaloff Bather (Tête de baigneuse Zoubaloff)

Auguste Rodin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

This bust derives from a plaster sculpture of a female bather that was owned by the art collector Jacques Zoubaloff, whose name is now used to designate it.

Caption

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bust of the Zoubaloff Bather (Tête de baigneuse Zoubaloff), model date unknown; cast 1972 or later. Bronze, 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in., 0.5 lb. (9.5 × 9.5 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 84.75.15. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Bust of the Zoubaloff Bather (Tête de baigneuse Zoubaloff)

Date

model date unknown; cast 1972 or later

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Bronze

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in., 0.5 lb. (9.5 × 9.5 × 6.4 cm)

Signatures

Proper left shoulder: "A. Rodin"

Inscriptions

Proper left shoulder: " No 11"

Markings

Back of plinth: ".G. Rudier./.Fond. Paris." Front, proper left, bottom: "© by Musée Rodin 1972"

Credit Line

Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Accession Number

84.75.15

Frequent Art Questions

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    Rodin's work is seen as a crucial link between traditional and modern art. His early sculpture was fairly conventional for its time but he became progressively more experimental.
    This figure is pared down; Rodin has removed any details that distract from the essential form of the figure. This move towards abstraction and expressiveness has led many to call Rodin the "father of twentieth-century modern sculpture".

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Artists and makers

Auguste Rodin

75 works in the collection

Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris

25 works in the collection