Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de jeune enfant dit aussi "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); inscribed and dated '© BY MUSÉE Rodin 1981' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1908; this bronze version cast in 1981
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Tête de jeune enfant dit aussi "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); inscribed and dated '© BY MUSÉE Rodin 1981' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1908; this bronze version cast in 1981