Séverine (Caroline Remy, 1855-1929)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1275
People: Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France)
Title: Séverine (Caroline Remy, 1855-1929)
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Female Head
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 1893, cast c. 1925-1937
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229686

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze with black patina

Technique

Cast, sand

Dimensions

28 x 13 x 13.8 cm (11 x 5 1/8 x 5 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: proper left neck and interior in relief: A. Rodin
inscription: rear, back of head, proper right: ALEXIS RUDIER.FONDEUR./PARIS.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1275

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 528, under no. 91

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