The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 18, 2022

Study for the Head of the Monument to Honoré de Balzac

1893-1897

Auguste Rodin

(French, 1840-1917)

France, late 19th-early 20th Century

Bronze

Overall: 18.8 x 20.7 x 16.2 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Franklyn B. Sanders in memory of Franklyn Brownell Sanders 1948.117

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed on hair to right: "A. Rodin"

Provenance
Mrs. Franklyn B. Sanders
Citations
Tacha, Athena. Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned: p. 91-93, cat. no. IV; Reproduced: p. [15], Plate 27 archive.org
Tacha, Athena. A Supplement to Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned: p. 124S-125S, cat. no. IV
Exhibition history

CMA 1982: The Age of Bronze, July 13-October 17, 1982, no cat.

Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 8-April 15, 1956).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1948.117