Auguste Rodin

John Tancock, The sculpture of Auguste Rodin. The collection of the Rodin Museum, Philadelphie, 1976, fig. 106-2 , illustration d'un exemplaire similaire p. 582
Cécile Glodscheider, Auguste Rodin, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté, Paris, 1989, vol. I, no. 64, illustration d'un exemplaire similaire pp. 84-85
Catalogue d'exposition : Vers l'Age d'Airain. Rodin en belgique, Musée Rodin, Paris, 1997, no. 40, illustration d'un exemplaire similaire pp. 150-152

 

Attractive gold patina. Apart from some surface dirt, this work is in very good condition.
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signed 'A; Rodin', and stamped with the foundry mark 'Cie des Bronzes de Bruxelles'; gilded bronze

Ce buste de Suzon est un hommage de Rodin à son maître Carrier-Belleuse dont il  reprend le style à la mode et la manière gracieuse de mettre en valeur la beauté féminine. Si, lors de sa conception, ce buste de Suzon répond aux besoins financiers que connaît Rodin à l'époque - il en vend les droits de reproduction à la Compagnie de Bronzes de Bruxelles lors de son exil - elle n'en reste pas moins un exemple raffiné du style de l'artiste à ses débuts.