HEAD OF THE WEEPING WOMAN, 2nd VERSION (OR VERSION WITH THE NECK CUT OFF MIDWAY AND ASYMMETRICAL HAIR)

HEAD OF THE WEEPING WOMAN, 2nd VERSION (OR VERSION WITH THE NECK CUT OFF MIDWAY AND ASYMMETRICAL HAIR) - Image 2

HEAD OF THE WEEPING WOMAN, 2nd VERSION (OR VERSION WITH THE NECK CUT OFF MIDWAY AND ASYMMETRICAL HAIR) - Image 3

HEAD OF THE WEEPING WOMAN, 2nd VERSION (OR VERSION WITH THE NECK CUT OFF MIDWAY AND ASYMMETRICAL HAIR) - Image 4

HEAD OF THE WEEPING WOMAN, 2nd VERSION (OR VERSION WITH THE NECK CUT OFF MIDWAY AND ASYMMETRICAL HAIR) - Image 5

HEAD OF THE WEEPING WOMAN, 2nd VERSION (OR VERSION WITH THE NECK CUT OFF MIDWAY AND ASYMMETRICAL HAIR)

Auguste RODIN

Bronze with rich green brown patina, signed « A. Rodin » and marked « A. Rodin » inside
Sand cast by Alexis Rudier, bears the founder’s stamp « Alexis RUDIER / Fondeur. PARIS. »
H. 7,8″ x W. 6,2″ x D. 6,2″
Created before 1889, this cast in August 1925.

Brown onyx cubic base (4,7″ x 4,7″)

A notice of inclusion in the Critical Catalogue of the sculpted work of Auguste Rodin, currently being prepared at the Brame & Lorenceau gallery, under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay, written on July 2 2026, under the n° 2003-371B will be given to the purchaser.

Provenance: Musée Rodin, Paris ; Jules E. Matsbaum, Philadelphie (purchased from the museum in November 1925) ; Mme Patrick Dinehart born Elizabeth « Betty » Matsbaum (1912-1991), N.Y. (by descent) ; Sotheby’s N.Y., 6th of November 2003 lot 107 ; private collection, U.S.A. (purchased at the previous auction) ; Christie’s N.Y., 14th of February 2007 lot 30 ; private collection U.S.A. (purchased at the previous auction).

Bibliography: A. Le Normand-Romain, Rodin et le bronze, catalogue des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, 2007, tome 2, pages 596 à 598, model reproduced page 597 (figure 2).