Monumental Head of Balzac 1897, Musée Rodin cast 9/12 in 1980 Bronze 20 x 17 1/2 x 16 in. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Many of the studies for the Monument to Balzac were of Balzac's head, as Rodin felt it more important to emphasize the heads of people of such high intellect. The Monumental Head of Balzac was an enlargement of the final life-size head study for the monument. In this version, Balzac's exaggerated features reveal distinct expressions when viewed from varying conditions of light and perspective.