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Head of Gwen John (Head of Whistler's Muse)
Artist: RODIN, Auguste (1840-1917)
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.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 143
Creation/Production
RODIN, Auguste
Role: Creation
Date: 1989 –
Acquisition
Purchase, 10/4/1989
Measurements
Height: 35cm
Width: 26cm
Depth: 20cm
Techniques
bronze cast
marble base
Material
bronze
Location
Gallery 16
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