Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917) Head of Pierre de Wiessant...

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£18,000

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
Head of Pierre de Wiessant
1900
Bronze with a black patina with light brown undertones
Signed 'Rodin'
Likely cast at the Montagutelli Foundry, Paris, in 1912

Provenance:
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, circa 1913;
Private Collection, Buenos Aires

Dimensions:
20 in. (H) x 8 in. (L) 

Exhibitions:
Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1930.
'Rodin-Udstillingen. Skulpturer. Malerier. Techniger', Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 3 - 28 September, 1930 (cat. 39).
'Auguste Rodin. Le Monument des Bourgeois de Calais (1884-1895) dans les collections du Musée Rodin et du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Calais, Paris and Calais, 17 December 1977 - 25 September 1978 (cat. 37).
'Auguste Rodin', Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 12 May - 31 July 1982 (cat. 40).
'Rodin Sculptures and Drawings', The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; The National Centre for Performing Arts, Bombay; Birla Academy of Arts and Culture, Calcutta, India, 27 November 1982 - 1 June 1983 (cat. 48).
'Rodin', Fondation Pierre Giannadda, Martigny, 12 May - 7 October 1984 (cat. 44).
'Rodin bronzes : acquarelles del Museu Rodin de Paris', Museu d'Art Moderne, Barcelona, 8 April - 14 June, 1987 (cat. 37).
The Hague & Laren, 1995-6 (cat.56) 'Rodin en Buenos Aires. Su influencia y la de otros escultores franceses en la Argentina', Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 16 October - 2 December, 2001.