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Head of Gwen John (Head of Whistler's Muse)

RODIN, Auguste

© Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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In 1903 the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers asked Rodin to design a bronze memorial to James McNeill Whistler. Rodin's model was Gwen John, who became his lover while the monument was under way. It was never completed, although a full scale plaster and several smaller studies survive. This is a modern cast from a plaster head of about 1906 in the Musée Rodin in Paris.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 143

Creation/Production

RODIN, Auguste
Date: 1989

Acquisition

Purchase, 10/4/1989

Measurements

Height (cm): 35
Width (cm): 26
Depth (cm): 20
Height (in): 13
Width (in): 10
Depth (in): 7

Techniques

bronze cast
marble base

Material

bronze

Location

Gallery 16

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  • Artist Portrait
  • Fine Art
  • Head
  • Named Portrait
  • People
  • Rodin, Auguste
  • Sculpture
  • Woman

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