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Exhibition History"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, January 24 - May 10, 1998

"Auguste Rodin," Flint Institute of Arts, Jan. 13 - Mar. 16, 1980
Published References"Sculptures - Rodin (Auguste), Auction catalog of estate of Jean-Paul Laurens, Paris, c.1922, no.2, p.6

IOWAN MAGAZINE, Dec. 1955 - Jan. 1956, ill. p.19

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.183 & 184
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 8 × 10 5/8 in. (14.3 × 20.3 × 27 cm)
Accession Number 1931.2
Classificationssculpture
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsTwo seals inside of Head: Numbers 6010 in red seal; 22.729 in brown seal
ProvenanceArtist; Jean Paul Laurens, Paris [gift of the previous]; Paul Foinet, Paris [purchased from estate of the previous, 1922]; Des Moines Association of Fine Arts [purchased from the previous, 1931]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1948]
Lifeless Head of St. John the Baptist
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines