Auguste Rodin

Collection particulière, France

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

Apart from a few spots of dirt to the surface, this work is in the good condition.
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inscribed 'A. Rodin', Sèvres biscuit. Conceived between 1873 and 1875, this work executed circa 1900.

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.

This bust of Suzon is Rodin's tribute to his teacher Carrier-Belleuse and adopts the latter's fashionable style and graceful manner of bringing out feminine beauty.  At the time of its conception, this bust of Suzon was a response to Rodin's financial needs (he sold the rights of production for some of his works to the Compagnie de Bronzes in Brussels during his exile), however it nevertheless remains a refined example of the artist's polished style at the beginning of his career.