id:			98102
accession number:	1917.722
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.722
updated:		2025-07-11 17:02:02.609000

Heroic Head of Pierre de Wissant, One of the Burghers of Calais, 1886. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Plaster; overall: 85.1 x 61 x 50.8 cm (33 1/2 x 24 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Loïe Fuller, 1917.722

title:				Heroic Head of Pierre de Wissant, One of the Burghers of Calais
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creation date:			1886
creation date earliest:		1886
creation date latest:		1886
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creditline:			Gift of Loïe Fuller
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culture:	France, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique:	plaster
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 85.1 x 61 x 50.8 cm (33 1/2 x 24 x 20 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Loïe Fuller
	opening date:   1984-04-10T05:00:00
	<i>Loïe Fuller</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 10-June 3, 1984).

	title:		Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-05-27T00:00:00
	<i>Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).

	title:		Rodin-100 Years
	opening date:   2017-09-01T04:00:00
	<i>Rodin-100 Years</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2017-May 13, 2018).

	title:		Rodin—100 Years
	opening date:   2017-09-01T04:00:00
	<i>Rodin—100 Years</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2017-May 13, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Loïe Fuller, Paris, France.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Modern Sculpture at the Museum." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 6 (1917): 108-09.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 108-109
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136110

	"Rodin Memorial Exhibition." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 9 (1917): 162-63.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 162-163
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136150

	"Report of the Museum's Second Year." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 6/7 (1918): 69-79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 70
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25136208

	Robinson, William H. and Dansereau-Tackett, Julie. "Rodin--100 Years: Commemorating the centennial of the French master's death.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 57, no. 5 (September/October 2017): 8-9.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 8; Mentioned: P. 9.
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.722/1917.722_print.jpg
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