Auguste Rodin

The Mastbaum Bronzes: Property from the Family of Jules E. Mastbaum

Auguste Rodin

1840 - 1917

Tête du génie funéraire, dite aussi "Tête du génie du repos éternel" dite aussi "Tête n°33"

inscribed A. Rodin and with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier Fondeur.Paris

bronze

height: 5¾ in.

14.6 cm.

Conceived circa 1898-99 and cast in 1926. 

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Critique de l'oeuvre sculpté d'Auguste Rodin currently being prepared by the Comité Rodin in collaboration with Galerie Brame & Lorenceau under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay under the archive number 2023-6770B.