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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1139
People
Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France)
Title
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1909
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229921

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze, with black over green patina
Technique
Cast, sand
Dimensions
34 x 24 x 22 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
with base: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: left side of neck: A. Rodin
  • inscription: interior: A. Rodin
  • manufacturer's mark: back: ALEXIS RUDIER. / FONDEUR.PARIS.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1924, 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
1943.1139
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Georges Grappe, Rodin, Oxford University Press (NY) and Oxford University Press (UK) (New York, NY, 1939), p. 149, repr. no. 106
  • Albert Edward Elsen, Rodin, The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY, 1963), p. 125
  • Bernard Champigneulle, Rodin, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1967), p. 258
  • Ionel Jianou and Cecile Goldscheider, Rodin, Editions d'Art, Arted, Paris (Paris, France, 1967), p. 114
  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 132, p. 206; repr. p. 207
  • John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 555
  • Alain Beausire, ed., Correspondance de Rodin III 1908-1912, Editions du Musée Rodin (Paris, France, 1987), pp. 120, 143, 159, 182, letters no. 152, 193, 219, 255

Exhibition History

  • Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969

Verification Level

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