Rodin
Head of Iris
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Londres, Royaume-Uni
SalleSculpture, Room 21, The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries
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À propos de la sculpture
This is an enlarged version of the head of the Crouching Woman (Museum no. A.40-1914). It was probably enlarged by Henri Lebossé, Rodin's trusted associate, before being cast in bronze. The modernity of Rodin's approach is expressed here through the block-like forms and the seam lines left by the plaster moulds (these are usually removed). Their presence challenges conventional ideas of 'ideal beauty' and what might be conventionally accepted as a finished sculpture. Rodin's Head of Iris, like The Crouching Woman, was to have great influence on later 20th-century sculptors.
Victoria and Albert Museum
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- Numéro d’inventaire
- A.41-1914
