id: 98102
accession number: 1917.722
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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
current location: 218 European Sculpture
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: 1984-04-10T04:00:00
Loïe Fuller. 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
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. 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
Rodin-100 Years. 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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This sculpture depicts one of the figures in Rodin’s large public monument The Burghers of Calais (1884–89), featuring six French men who volunteered to be taken prisoner by the English in exchange for lifting the siege of Calais during the Hundred Years War (1337–1453). Pierre de Wissant’s anguished expression suggests extreme mental suffering as he contemplates his expected execution. Rodin exhibited a life-size version of the figure as an independent work before completing the monument. He later made multiple versions in various sizes and media. This plaster features a highly expressive, hand-worked surface inscribed in places with graphite and covered with delicate, tinted washes.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"Modern Sculpture at the Museum." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 6 (1917): 108-09.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 108-109
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136110
"Rodin Memorial Exhibition." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 6/7 (1918): 69-79.
page number: Mentioned: p. 70
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25136208
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