Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of William E. Henley
Auguste RodinLinkedCulture matchlcp-330bd0e8de10
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 119748
A poet and dramatist, William Henley (1849–1903) was the editor of the British Magazine of Art from 1882 to 1886. He enthusiastically introduced Rodin's sculpture to his readers, even before the artist's work was well known in Paris. To thank him, Rodin made this bust.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of James Parmelee
- Provenance
- W. E. Henley and Heirs; Henry Symons (Sale, American Art Galleries, 1915, no. 2062; [M. Knoedler & Co.]; James Parmelee, Washington, D.C., 1917.
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