Head of Balzac

1897, cast 1901 or earlier

Auguste Rodin, Artist Perzinka, Foundry

Not On View

Image Only Image + Details All Images High Resolution TIFF Metadata

About the Artwork

Please note: This section is empty
Markings

Please note: This section is empty

This section contains information about signatures, inscriptions and/or markings an object may have.
Provenance

Please note: This section is empty

Provenance is a record of an object's ownership. We are continually researching and updating this information to show a more accurate record and to ensure that this object was ethically and legally obtained.

For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:
Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Published References

Please note: This section is empty

We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Catalogue Raisonné

Please note: This section is empty

A catalogue raisonné is an annotated listing of artworks created by an artist across different media.
Credit Line for Reproduction

Please note: This section is empty

The credit line includes information about the object, such as the artist, title, date, and medium. Also listed is its ownership, the manner in which it was acquired, and its accession number. This information must be cited alongside the object whenever it is shown or reproduced.

About the Artwork

Title Head of Balzac

Artwork Date 1897, cast 1901 or earlier

Makers Auguste Rodin (Artist) French, 1840-1917 Perzinka (Foundry) French, 1896-1901

Medium Bronze

Dimensions Overall: 7 1/8 × 7 1/16 × 6 5/8 inches, 10.8 pounds (18.1 × 17.9 × 16.8 cm, 4.9 kg) Including base: 9 13/16 × 6 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (24.9 × 17.5 × 16.8 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1994.30

Markings

Signed Signed, proper left neck: Rodin

Inscriptions Inscribed, back of neck: L. Perzinka fondeur | Versailles

Provenance

After 1897, gift from Rodin to the painter Edmond Aman-Jean [1858-1936] (Paris, France)

by inheritence, family of Aman-Jean

by inheritence, collection of the daughter of the grandson of Aman-Jean

1993-1994, consigned to (Elstir Gallery, (Paris, France)

1994-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:

Provenance page

Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Published References

Message 1995: Masterpieces of Modern Art from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh.cat. Tokyo, 1995, no. 8.

Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette. The Bronzes of Rodin. Paris, 2007, vol. 1, p. 178.

Kindly share your feedback or any additional information, as this record is still a work in progress and may need further refinement.

Suggest Feedback

Catalogue Raisoneé

Please note: This section is empty

Credit Line for Reproduction

Auguste Rodin; Perzinka, Head of Balzac, 1897, cast 1901 or earlier, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 1994.30.