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Head of Balzac

Artist Auguste Rodin (French ; b.1840, Paris- d.1917, Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Dateca. 1893
Mediumbronze
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/16 x 8 x 7 in. (25.6 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm)
Classification(s)
  • SCULPTURE
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund
Terms
  • Balzac
  • head
Object number57.6
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  • Collection Highlights (before 1960)
Inscribedinside back neck in cast: ARodin
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Auguste Rodin
modeled 1879; cast 1965
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Auguste Leroux
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Pour la France qui combat! Pour celle qui chaque jour grandit.
Pour la France qui combat! Pour celle qui chaque jour grandit.
Auguste Leroux
1917
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