La France, 1904

Inscription

on left shoulder: A. Rodin; on underside of right shoulder in raised letters: A. Rodin

Provenance

Purchased 1906 from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson, New York; gift 1942 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1908

Renaissance and Modern Bronzes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1908, no. 164, as La Minerve, portrait of Mlle. C..

1965

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

2017

Rodin, l’exposition du centenaire, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 2017, no. 224.

Bibliography

1912

Hanotaux, Gabriel. Les Annales Politiques et Litéraires (19 May 1912): 165-167, 211-219.

1927

Grappe, Georges. Catalogue du Musée Rodin. Paris, 1927: 111-112.

1944

Grappe, Georges. Catalogue du Musée Rodin. 5th ed. Paris, 1944: 114-115.

1963

Elsen, Albert E. Rodin. New York, 1963: 194-195.

1965

Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 168.

1967

Descharnes, Robert, and Jean-François Chabrun. Auguste Rodin. Lausanne, 1967: 129.

1968

National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 148, repro.

1975

Hawkins, Jennifer. Rodin Sculptures. London, 1975: 25-26, pls. 22 and 23.

1976

Frel, Jiri, and Harvey West. Rodin: The Maryhill Collection. Exh. cat. The J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles; Washington State University, Pullman. Pullman, 1976: 40-41.

1976

Tancock, John. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Philadelphia, 1976: 601-604.

1977

de Caso, Jacques, and Patricia B. Sanders. Rodin's Sculpture: A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection. San Francisco, 1977: 288-291.

1986

Lampert, Catherine. Rodin: Sculpture & Drawings. Exh. cat. Hayward Gallery, London, 1986: 131-135.

1988

Beausire, Alain. Quand Rodin Exposait. Paris, 1988: 257, 258, 259, 271, 283, 291, 349, 355, 359.

1993

Butler, Ruth. Rodin. The Shape of Genius. New Haven and London, 1993: 470.

1994

Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 202, 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: 376-381, color repro.

2015

Barbour, Daphne, and Lisha Deming Glinsman. "August Rodin's Lifetime Bronze Sculptures in the Simpson Collection." Facture: conservation, science, art history 2 (2015): 54-81, figs. 4, 19, 22.

2017

Dickerson III, C.D. "The Sculpture Collection: Shaping a Vision, Expanding a Legacy." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 56 (Spring 2017): 8-9, repro.

2023

De Margerie, Laure. French Sculpture: An American Passion. Ghent, 2023: 376, 377, fig. 18., 378.

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