Statuette of a Woman, early 1880s

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G1-C

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

overall: 35 x 17.2 x 18.7 cm (13 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

Accession Number

1942.5.5

Artists / Makers

Auguste Rodin (sculptor) French, 1840 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

on side of base below right hip: Rodin

Provenance

Acquired possibly 1905 from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson, New York;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Like the other terracottas by Rodin given by Mrs. Simpson to the National Gallery of Art, this figure may be among those she referred to in her letter of 13 October 1905 (NGA 1942.5.4,6,7). (The letter is in the Musée Rodin Archives, Paris.)

Associated Names

Simpson, John W., Mrs.

Exhibition History

1965: Wax Sculptures by Degas, Sculptures and Drawings by Rodin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965-1966, no cat.

1981: Rodin Rediscovered, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981-1982, no. 77.

Bibliography

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 167.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 147, repro.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 207, repro.

2000: Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 366-368, color repro.

2017: Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette. "The Tale of a Sculpture: Rodin's Statuette of a Woman." Center, Research Reports and Record of Activities 37 (2017): 128-131, repro.