Head of a Woman
possibly 1880s
Sculptor, French, 1840 - 1917
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G1-C
Artwork overview
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Medium
plaster
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 6.2 x 4.6 x 5.1 cm (2 7/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 in.)
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Accession
1942.5.24
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired possibly 1905 from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson, New York;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] In a letter to Rodin written on 31 October 1905 (Musée Rodin Archives, Paris), just after the Simpson's return from Paris, Kate Simpson mentioned small, fragile works which she left with a craftsman to have repaired. Presumably these were recent gifts and perhaps the little head was among them.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1946
Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 16, as Study of Woman's Head.
1965
Wax Sculptures by Degas, Sculptures and Drawings by Rodin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965-1966, no cat.
1981
Rodin Rediscovered, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981-1982, no. 81.
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 169.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 149, repro.
1987
Ambrosini, Lynne, and Michelle Facos. Rodin: The Cantor Gift to the Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, 1987: 181.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 203, repro.
2000
Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 335, color repro. 336.
Wikidata ID
Q63809286