Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917), Iris, messagère des dieux (Musée Rodin Cast, 1971), Bronze

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Iris, Study with Head Iris/Étude avec Tête. Signed 'A. Rodin No. 6' on foot. Inscribed on base underfoot: ‘© by Musée Rodin 1971’ and ‘Susse Fondeurs/Paris Iris, messagère des dieux Musée Rodin Cast, 1971 Bronze Provenance:  Galeria Theo, Madrid. Property of a Distinguished Gentleman of Title. Dimensions: Height: 48 cm. (18 7/8 in.) Literature:  Georges Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, no. 171, illustration of the larger version Albert E. Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 185, illustration of another cast Ionel Jianou and Cécile Goldscheider, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 105, pl. 77, illustration of another cast Robert Descharnes and Jean- François Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 249, illustration of the terracotta John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Phildelphia, 1976, pp. 290-292, illustration of another cast Albert E. Elsen, In Rodin's Studio, A Photograhic Record of Sculpture in the Making, Ithaca, New York, 1980, no. 95, illustration of the plaster Catherine Lampert, Rodin Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1986, no. 141, illustration of another cast; pis. 206 & 207, no. 144, illustration of the larger version