Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Hanako, type E, masque
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the neck); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Georges Rudier Fondeur PARIS' (on the right edge); inscribed and dated 'by Musée Rodin 1956' (on the left edge); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Terracotta version conceived between 1907 and 1908; this bronze version cast by Georges Rudier in 1956
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Hanako, type E, masque
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the neck); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Georges Rudier Fondeur PARIS' (on the right edge); inscribed and dated 'by Musée Rodin 1956' (on the left edge); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Terracotta version conceived between 1907 and 1908; this bronze version cast by Georges Rudier in 1956