Mask of Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson)

1902

Auguste Rodin

Sculptor, French, 1840 - 1917

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G1-C

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    plaster

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.8 x 19.5 x 15.3 cm (7 x 7 11/16 x 6 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.5.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift 1909 from the artist to 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. 13, as Study Mask.

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. 76.

2011

  • Rodin and America: Influence and Adaptation, 1876-1936, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, 2011-2012, fig. 216.

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.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 205, 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: 368, 370-372, color repro.

Inscriptions

on left side of chin in graphite: Mme K Simpson esquisse pour le portrait / 12 septembre 1909 / A. Rodin

Wikidata ID

Q63809282

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