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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.174
People
Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France)
Title
Mignon
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Rose Beuret (1844-1917)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
1867-1868, cast c. 1910-1917
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/173334

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast, sand
Dimensions
40.7 x 31 x 19 cm (16 x 12 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
with base: 48 cm (18 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on left shoulder: A Rodin, left interior in relief A Rodin
  • foundry mark: back of proper left shoulder, cast in: ALEXIS.RUDIER / FONDEUR.PARIS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John and Mary Welch Coolidge, 1966, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John and Polly Coolidge
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.174
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A bronze bust by August Rodin of a young woman, Mignon, cast by Alex Rudier.

Publication History

  • John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 486

Verification Level

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