Bust of a Young Girl

1868

Auguste Rodin

Sculptor, French, 1840 - 1917

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G3

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    terracotta with plaster

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

  • Dimensions

    overall (without base): 31.1 x 16.5 x 17.5 cm (12 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
    overall (with base): 40 x 16.5 x 17.5 cm (15 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.5.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 1905 from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson, New York; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1946

  • Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 2, as A Young Girl.

1965

  • Wax Sculptures by Degas, Sculptures and Drawings by Rodin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965-1966, no cat.

1974

  • Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 167.

1966

  • Butler Mirolli, Ruth. "The Early Work of Rodin and Its Background." Ph.D. diss., New York University. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1966: 117.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 147, repro.

1976

  • Tancock, John. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Philadelphia, 1976: 578.

1989

  • Goldscheider, Cécile. Auguste Rodin: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté. Lausanne, 1989: 52.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 200, repro.

1997

  • Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette. Vers l'Age d'airain: Rodin en Belgique. Paris, 1997: 124-152.

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: 306-308, color repro.

Inscriptions

on back: BUSTE.FAIT.EN.1868 / RETROUVÉ.OFFERT.A.MMe K. Simpson / EN 1905 / A. RODIN

Wikidata ID

Q63809239

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