A BRONZE HEAD CAST FROM THE MODEL AFTER AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

Inscribed to cast ‘A.Rodin No.10’ and copyright ‘By Musee Rodin 1905/6?’, and ‘Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris’,  the interior of the neck with an applied cast label  ‘A. Rodin’, mounted on a black marble plinth,  26cm high 

‘Tête d'esclave’ was conceived in 1898 and this version in 1904, executed in a numbered edition of 12 and cast circa 1980s.

Condition report: 

Generally rubbed and worn in areas commensurate with use and age. 

Minor spots of Verdi-gris, including to the back of the ears and a small scuff/scratch to the back of the head.