1943.1144: Rose Beuret (1844-1917)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1144

People

Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France)

Title

Rose Beuret (1844-1917)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Mask of Mme. Rodin

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

mask, sculpture

Date

c. 1880-c. 1882

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229828

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze, with black over green patina

Technique

Cast, sand

Dimensions

35.5 x 17.15 x 18.5 cm (14 x 6 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: left side of neck and interior in relief: A. Rodin
• inscription: rear base, center edge, stamped: A. RUDIER. FONDEUR. PARIS.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Scott & Fowles, New York, NY], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1930, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1144

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Georges Grappe, Rodin, Oxford University Press (NY) and Oxford University Press (UK) (New York, NY, 1939), p. 147, repr. no. 75
• Ionel Jianou and Cecile Goldscheider, Rodin, Editions d'Art, Arted, Paris (Paris, France, 1967), p. 105
• John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 487

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