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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1151
People
Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France)
Title
Hands
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c.1900, cast between 1902-1913
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230128

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
16 x 9 x 10 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
with base: 21 x 16.6 x 10 cm (8 1/4 x 6 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on base: A. Rodin
  • inscription: side of base, stamped or incised: A 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
1943.1151
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
On wooden base.

Publication History

  • John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 636, under no. 126

Verification Level

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