Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude type C, petit modèle
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark, inscribed and dated 'Georges Rudier. .Fondeur.Paris. c by musée Rodin 1958' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 29¾ in. (75.6 cm.)
Conceived circa 1892-1893; this bronze version cast in 1958
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Balzac, étude type C, petit modèle
signed 'A. Rodin' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark, inscribed and dated 'Georges Rudier. .Fondeur.Paris. c by musée Rodin 1958' (on the back of the base); with raised signature 'A. Rodin' (on the underside)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 29¾ in. (75.6 cm.)
Conceived circa 1892-1893; this bronze version cast in 1958