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Le Lion qui Pleure
Le Lion qui Pleure

Le Lion qui Pleure

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
1881
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniquePlaster
Dimensions28.57 x 31.75 x 17.78 cm (11 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 7 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number57.593
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceHenry Heilbronner, Lucerne, Switzerland; 1957, sold by Heilbronner to the MFA for $900. (Accession Date: September 12, 1957)
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