Suzon (sculpture)

Sculpture of Auguste Rodin

Suzon

Suzon in white marble

Artist| Auguste Rodin
Year| 1872-1873
Medium| Plaster
Marble
Sèvres porcelain
Bronze
Location| Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Suzon is an early bust of a woman by Auguste Rodin, created between 1872 and 1873[1] when he wholly worked on commissions.[2] It was inspired by late 18th century Romantic works whilst Rodin was in exile in Brussels due to the Franco-Prussian War.[3] He created it in homage to Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, another sculptor also in exile there who was highly influential on Rodin's early works.[4]

## Versions

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He first produced the work in plaster, then in Sevres porcelain and finally in white marble. Later he found himself in financial difficulties and sold the work to the Compagnie des Bronzes in Brussels along with his Dosia. He made them the only company authorised to reproduce the two works, hence the variety of different editions and sizes of the work in public galleries and private collections.[2] After further experimentation Rodin later turned against symmetry in sculpture, stating it had been one of "the sins of my youth".[5]

## See also

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* List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin

## References

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1. ^ "Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Suzon". Christie's.
2. ^ a b (in Spanish) Museo Soumaya, Fundación Carlos Slim. México: Fundación Carlos Slim. 2015. p. 74. ISBN 9786077805137.
3. ^ (in Spanish) La era de Rodin. México: Museo Soumaya, Museo de Arte Ponce. 2007. pp. 144-145. ISBN 9789687794365.
4. ^ "Auguste Rodin-Suzon". Sotheby's. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
5. ^ (in Spanish) «El escultor que humanizó el bronce». La Nación. 11 de julio de 2008.

## External links

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* Media related to Suzon by Auguste Rodin at Wikimedia Commons

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Works|

* List of sculptures
* Man with the Broken Nose (1863)
* Alsatian Orphan (1871)
* Suzon (1872–73)
* The Age of Bronze (1876)
* La Defense (1879)
* The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost (1880)
* The Shade (1880)
* The Gates of Hell (1880/1917)
* The Thinker (1880, locations)
* Adam (1880–81)
* Eve (1881)
* Crouching Woman (1880–1882)
* Saint John the Baptist (1880/1907)
* Ugolino and His Sons (1881)
* The Kiss (1882)
* I Am Beautiful (1882)
* The Falling Man (1882)
* Jules Dalou (1883)
* Bust of Maurice Haquette (1883)
* Bust of Victor Hugo (1883)
* Eternal Springtime (1884)
* Torso of Adele (c. 1884)
* The Burghers of Calais (1884–1889)
* Head of Camille Claudel (1884/1911)
* The Prodigal Son (1885)
* Mask of a Weeping Woman (1885)
* The Martyr (1885)
* Psyche Looking at Love (1885)
* Eustache de Saint Pierre (1885–86)
* Jean d'Aire (1885–86)
* Jean de Fiennes (1885–86)
* Avarice and Lust (1885–1887)
* Damned Women (1885–1890)
* The Old Tree (1885)
* Paolo and Francesca (1885)
* Young Mother (1885)
* Young Mother in the Grotto (1885)
* Young Woman with a Serpent (c. 1885)
* The Three Shades (1886)
* Meditation (1886)
* Fugitive Love (1886–87)
* Ovid's Metamorphoses (1886–1889)
* Pierre de Wiessant (1887)
* Head of Saint John the Baptist (1887)
* The Sirens (1887)
* Polyphemus (1888)
* Standing Mercury (1888)
* The Kneeling Man (1888)
* Adonis Awakens (1889)
* Andromeda (1889)
* Glaucus (1889)
* Kneeling Female Faun (1889)
* The Succubus (1889)
* Despair (c. 1890)
* Brother and Sister (1890)
* Danaid (1890)
* Cybele (1890/1904)
* Monument to Balzac (1892–1897)
* Balzac in the Robe of a Dominican Monk (1892)
* Youth Triumphant (c. 1894)
* Octave Mirdeau (1895)
* Iris, Messenger of the Gods (c. 1895)
* Bacchantes Embracing (c. 1896)
* The Spirit of Eternal Repose (1898–99)
* Illusions Received by the Earth (pre-1900)
* The Athlete (1901–1904)
* The Death of Adonis (1903–1906)
* Adam and Eve (1905)
* The Walking Man (1907)
* The Cathedral (1908)
* The Prayer (1909)
* Standing Female Faun (1910)

Museums|

* Musée Rodin (Hôtel Biron), Paris
* Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
* Museu Rodin Bahia, Salvador
* Plateau (closed)

People|

* Camille Claudel

Depictions|

* 1888–89 Claudel bust
* 1909 Bourdelle bust
* Rodin — The Thinker (1902 photograph)
* Camille Claudel (1988 film)
* Camille Claudel (2003 musical)
* Camille Claudel 1915 (2013 film)
* Rodin (2017 film)

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* Rodin (crater)

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