signed 'A.Rodin' (below the left ear); dated and inscribed '© by Musée Rodin 1964' (on the back of the head); inscribed with the foundry mark 'G.Rudier.Fond.Paris.' (on the back of the base); with the raised signature 'A.Rodin' (on the inside). Conceived circa 1885-1890, and cast in bronze by Georges Rudier, Paris, in April 1964, in an edition of 12