Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude type A
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No 12' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark, inscribed and dated 'Georges Rudier Fondeur. Paris. c by musée Rodin. 1962.' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.)
Conceived circa 1894; this bronze version cast in 1962
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude type A
signed and numbered 'A. Rodin No 12' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark, inscribed and dated 'Georges Rudier Fondeur. Paris. c by musée Rodin. 1962.' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.)
Conceived circa 1894; this bronze version cast in 1962