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Auguste Rodin

Jean d'Aire, model 1884-1889, cast probably early 20th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 2

Medium

plaster

Dimensions

overall: 47.6 x 58.4 x 40 cm (18 3/4 x 23 x 15 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the B. G. Cantor Art Foundation

Accession Number

1984.85.1

Artists / Makers

Auguste Rodin (sculptor) French, 1840 - 1917

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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

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Rousseau, Victor
Sotheby's
Unknown Dealer
Vlaminck, Jean de
Weynans, Gilbert, Mr.

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.