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Head of Gwen John (Head of Whistler's Muse)
RODIN, Auguste
(Artist)
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.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 143
Creation/Production
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 21
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