The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 4, 2023

Mignon: Bust of Rose Beuret

c. 1867–1868 (original model)

Auguste Rodin

(French, 1840–1917)

France, late 19th-early 20th century

Bronze

Overall: 50.8 x 32.4 x 26.8 cm (20 x 12 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.); without base: 41.2 cm (16 1/4 in.)

In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer 1946.351

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed on shoulder to right: "A. Rodin"

Provenance
Mrs. Ralph King, Cleveland Heights, OH
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 175 archive.org
Tacha, Athena. Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned: p. 89, cat. no. I; Reproduced: p. [x], Plate 1 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 175 archive.org
Tacha, Athena. A Supplement to Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned: p. 123S, cat. no. I
Zeman, Bettina. Der sichtbare Mensch: zur Bedeutung der Porträtplastik von Medardo Rosso für die moderne Bildhauerei im Vergleich mit Alberto Giacometti. Dortmund: Verlag Kettler, 2015. p. 34, p. 273
Exhibition history

Pittsburgh, PA 1920: 19th Internatonal Exhibition, cat. no. 376

Louisville, Kentucky: The J. B. Speed Art Museum, Nineteenth Century French Sculpture: Monuments for the Middle Class, November 2-December 5, 1971, p. 108, no. 36, repr. p. 111.

CMA 1984: Portraiture: The Image of the Individual, no. cat.

Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 8-April 15, 1956).

French Sculpture: The Years of Revolution, 1800 - 1900. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (organizer) (November 1-December 5, 1971).

Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.351