Gwen John (Study for a Muse)

Auguste Rodin

modeled probably ca. 1904 · Cast plaster · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This piece is a study for an uncompleted monument to James Abbott McNeill Whistler, which was commissioned in 1903 but rejected in 1916 by the Whistler Memorial Committee. The model for this head, Gwen John (1876–1939), was the sister of Augustus John and a student at the Slade School of Art in London before becoming a painter in her own right.

Artist

Auguste Rodin

Date

modeled probably ca. 1904

Medium

Cast plaster

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Auguste Rodin, 1912