Courtesy of Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire (Accredited Museum)

Auguste Rodin

Year:

1932

Dimensions (cm):

49 x 39 x 40

Dimensions (inches):

19.29 x 15.35 x 15.75

Medium:

Sculptures

Material:

bronze

Signature:

signed: Troubetskoy 1932

Current location:

Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire (Accredited Museum), NT 1274945

Description Provenance

Bronze statue of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917). The base of the statue is roughly modelled and irregular in shape, the figure leans against a supporting stump to waist height, also roughly modelled. Originally sculpted in 1905, cast in bronze by the Attilio Valsuani foundry in 1932. Stamped on base (front left to the side): “CIRE / A. VALSUANI / PERDUE”.

The Shaw Collection. The house and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by George Bernard Shaw in 1950, together with Shaw's photographic archive.