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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.
