Rodin's Eustache De Saint-Pierre Head Bronze Sculpture

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), head of Eustache De Saint-Pierre, bronze, Eustache De Saint-Pierre, type a head (Eustache De Saint Pierre, tete type a). Conceived in 1885-86. Posthumous cast authorized by Musee Rodin, 1968 in 10 casts by Georges Rudier, nos. 3 -12, from 1968-1976. This example marked 'Copyright Musee Rodin 1973'. Signed 'A. Rodin'. Bearing stamp of 'Georges Rudier / Fondeur Paris'. Documentation confirms it as cast no. 9, with registration number 2902. Set on tiered wooden stand. Item comes with a certificate from the Musee Rodin, 16th May 1974. Height of bronze 33 x 21.7 x 25 cm, total height (including stand) 49 cm. Provenance: 'Auguste Rodin 1840-1917, the Burghers of Calais', David Jones' Art gallery, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, March 5-30 1974. Private Collection, Sydney, Exhibitions: 'Auguste Rodin 1840-1917, the Burghers of Calais', David Jones' Art gallery, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, March 5-30 1974, catalogue no. 17, Literature: Georges Grappe, catalogue du Musee Rodin, Paris, 1938, no. 150, p. 61. Illustration is of another cast, John L. Tancock, the sculpture of Rodin, Philadelphia, 1976, p. 401, Joan Vita Miller and Gary Marotta, Rodin: the B. Gerald Cantor collection - the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, p. 97-98, Antoinette Le Normand-Romain et al, the Bronzes of Rodin, catalogue of works in the Musee Rodin, vol. I, Paris, 2007, S.390, p. 230. Illustration is of another cast