Bust of the Zoubaloff Bather (Tête de baigneuse Zoubaloff)
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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.75.15_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
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
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
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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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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