Jean d'Aire
model 1884-1889, cast probably early 20th century
Sculptor, French, 1840 - 1917
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G2
Artwork overview
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Medium
plaster
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 47.6 x 58.4 x 40 cm (18 3/4 x 23 x 15 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1984.85.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Victor Rousseau [1865-1954], Belgium;[1] by inheritance to his nephew, Jean de Vlaminck; sold to (L'Ecuyer, Brussels).[2] (unknown dealer, Japan); (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 1983, no. 324); B.G. Cantor Art Foundation, New York; gift 1984 to NGA.
[1] Letter from Madame Denise Vanden Eeckhoudt, daughter of the painter Jean Vanden Eeckhoudt, to Ruth Butler, dated 19 October 1995. In the letter she states that the Belgian sculptor Rousseau and her father met Rodin in Menton in April 1914 and at that time Rousseau intended to make a portrait of Rodin the following summer. She says that Jean d'Aire was always on the mantel in Rousseau's studio until the time of his death.
[2] Madame Jacqueline de Groote obtained this information for Ruth Butler. The owner of the gallery, M. Weynans, informed Madame de Groot that when he purchased the bust he saw a letter from Rodin to Rousseau informing him that he was going to give him a bust of a burgher. This letter is unlocated as of 1998.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, no. 25, repro.
Bibliography
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 199, 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: 342-345, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63860726