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Balzac

Auguste Rodin, 1892

Head of Balzac. This work is part of an important public gift in the memory of Lady Sadler by Sir Michael Sadler, a member of the Executive Committee of the Art Fund in 1931. It takes the form of a collection of pictures and drawings, together with some objects of Oriental art. One of nineteen gifts to fifteen museums by Sir Michael Sadler through the Art Fund between 1921 and 1942.

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Title of artwork, date

Balzac, 1892

Date supported

1931

Medium and material

Bronze

Dimensions

32 cm

Gifted by

Sir Michael Sadler

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