SculptureFrench19th century
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
1881-1882
Artists
Auguste RodinArtist
Alphonse LegrosSitter
Dimensions
43.8 x 21 x 23.4 cm (17 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
Provenance
The artist, by exchange; to Achille Segard, 1910. [1] Private Collector, Paris, France, sold; [via Martin Birnbaum] to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Notes [1] Exchanged for a cast of Ugolino by Carpeaux. See Correspondance de Rodin III, p. 113, and Rodin Rediscovered, Judrin, p. 159-191
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