BIB_ID
434851
Accession number
MA 1617.384
Creator
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, circa 1883.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 16.5 x 10.4 cm
Notes
On mourning stationery.The letter is undated, but Rodin's father died in 1883.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Referring to a bust of Victor Hugo (possibly the one made by David d'Angers) and saying that it was made in 1844; commenting on the patination process for the bronze version of his own bust of Hugo; describing his mental state in the wake of his father's death; referring to a photograph of his statue of Saint John the Baptist being sent to New York, at a Mr. Brownell's request.
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