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Le Lion qui Pleure
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
French (Paris)
1881
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Plaster
Dimensions
28.57 x 31.75 x 17.78 cm (11 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number57.593
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionPlaster model of seated roaring lion on rough rectangular plinth inscribed GARDE, dated 1881 Mai under advanced right foot. Signed RODIN.
ProvenanceHenry Heilbronner, Lucerne, Switzerland; 1957, sold by Heilbronner to the MFA for $900. (Accession Date: September 12, 1957)