Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Property formerly from the Jean Limet Collection
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Etude pour 'La tête de pleureuse de la Porte de l'Enfer'

细节
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Etude pour 'La tête de pleureuse de la Porte de l'Enfer'
terracotta
Height: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1880-1885; unique
来源
Jean Limet, Paris (probably acquired from the artist between 1902-1917.)
By descent from the above to the previous owner.

拍品专文

This work is one of the preparatory studies for La tête de pleureuse (Tancock, no. 14), which was conceived as the central figure of the lower bas-relief of La Porte de l'Enfer. It is an unfinished example of the artist's work in progress.