Monument to Balzac (Paris)

France / Ile-de-France / Paris
 monument, sculpture
Monument to Balzac is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in memory of the French novelist Balzac. According to Rodin, the sculpture aims to portray the writer’s persona rather than a physical likeness. The work was commissioned in 1891 by the Société des Gens de Lettres, a full size plaster model was displayed in 1898 at a Salon in Champ de Mars. After coming under criticism the model was rejected by the société and Rodin moved it to his home in Meudon. On July 2, 1939 (22 years after the sculptor's death) the model was cast in bronze for the first time and placed on the Boulevard du Montparnasse.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_Balzac
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Coordinates:   48°50'32"N   2°19'46"E
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