Collection

Head of a Woman with a Chignon (Tête de Femme au chignon)

Auguste Rodin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

The specificity of the features on this tiny but compelling head indicates that Rodin may have been working after a particular model. A head with the same low forehead, deep eye sockets, and fleshy nose and lips appears near the top of The Gates of Hell, suggesting that the figure may have originated in that project.

Caption

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Head of a Woman with a Chignon (Tête de Femme au chignon), ca. 1890–1900; cast 1971. Bronze, 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/8 in., 0.5 lb. (5.7 × 3.8 × 5.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 84.75.13. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Head of a Woman with a Chignon (Tête de Femme au chignon)

Date

ca. 1890–1900; cast 1971

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Bronze

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

2 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/8 in., 0.5 lb. (5.7 × 3.8 × 5.4 cm)

Signatures

Neck, proper left: "A. Rodin"

Inscriptions

Neck, proper left: "No 8"

Markings

Under chin: "Susse Fondeur Paris" Back, neck, bottom edge: "© by Musée Rodin 1971"

Credit Line

Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Accession Number

84.75.13

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Artists and makers

Auguste Rodin

75 works in the collection

Susse Fondeur, Paris

3 works in the collection