Mask of Hanako (1868-1945) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1149
People: Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France)
Ohta Hisa (Hanako)
Title: Mask of Hanako (1868-1945)
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 1907, cast c. 1918-1925
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229675

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

17.2 x 11.7 x 11.7 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
with base: 25.5 x 11.7 x 11.7 cm (10 1/16 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: neck, proper left, interior: A. Rodin
inscription: on neck, proper right, stamped or incised: Alexis RUDIER./Fondeur.PARIS.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1926, 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

1943.1149

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description: On wooden base.

Publication History

John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 548, under no. 98

Verification Level

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1943.1149: Mask of Hanako (1868-1945)