Lot Essay
Mignon was one of the first works for which Rodin's mistress Rose Beuret (1844-1917) modelled. Rodin conceived the portrait bust shortly after meeting her in 1864.
Commenting on Mignon, Albert Elsen has written: "Rodin never made a more frank and informal bust than that of his young mistress...His later, more sedate portraits of elegant society women lack its dashing quality and its sense of intimacy shared by subject and artist. The alert, erect head is framed by the energetic spiralling hair, accentuated and expressive in a way that is rare in Rodin's work" (op. cit.).
Rose Beuret remained Rodin's companion throughout his life, becoming his wife two weeks before she died.
This work is recorded in the Musée Rodin's archives under number 2573 and is sold with a certificate from Mrs Cécile Goldscheider, then director of the Musée Rodin, dated le 27 mai 1970.
Commenting on Mignon, Albert Elsen has written: "Rodin never made a more frank and informal bust than that of his young mistress...His later, more sedate portraits of elegant society women lack its dashing quality and its sense of intimacy shared by subject and artist. The alert, erect head is framed by the energetic spiralling hair, accentuated and expressive in a way that is rare in Rodin's work" (op. cit.).
Rose Beuret remained Rodin's companion throughout his life, becoming his wife two weeks before she died.
This work is recorded in the Musée Rodin's archives under number 2573 and is sold with a certificate from Mrs Cécile Goldscheider, then director of the Musée Rodin, dated le 27 mai 1970.