Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de jeune enfant (enfant de Mme Merrill)
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No 8' (on the left side of the neck); inscribed with foundry mark 'E. GODARD Fondr' (on the right side of the neck) and inscribed and dated 'C BY MUSÉE Rodin 1981' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7¼ in. (18.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1908; this bronze version cast in 1981
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de jeune enfant (enfant de Mme Merrill)
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No 8' (on the left side of the neck); inscribed with foundry mark 'E. GODARD Fondr' (on the right side of the neck) and inscribed and dated 'C BY MUSÉE Rodin 1981' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7¼ in. (18.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1908; this bronze version cast in 1981