Bibliography 

•  André Barrère, René Babin sculpteur, présentation avec les peintres du groupe Talma (René Babin, Sculptor, presented with the painters from the Talma Group), Octobre 1967.
• 3 Parisskulptörer, Stockholm, Färg och Form, 24 avril – 22 mai 1970.
•  « René Babin », le Club français de la médaille, n°50, 1976, pp.206-207.
•  Patrice Dubois, René Babin, Paris, Assurances Axa, avenue Matignon, October – November 2001.

Exhibitions

• 3 Parisskulptörer, Stockholm, Färg och Form, April 24 – May 22, 1970, n°19, (Young Girl, terra cotta mask - it was most likely this model).
•  René Babin, sculptures – dessins – aquarelles (René Babin, Sculptures—Drawings—Watercolors), Le Neubourg, Les Salons de la Rose-Croix A.M.O.R.C. ; from November 15 to December 29, 1984, (bronze reproduced on the flyer.)
• René Babin, Sculptures et dessins, Paris, Fondation Taylor, from November 5 to 28, 1992, n°18, (Mask of a Young Girl, bronze - it was most likely this model).

Babin claimed that "Sculptures need to be felt, not described."[1] The face of the Mask of a Young Girl is lightly brushed; the delicate model, only suggested, is connected to a vision of the figure that is both structured and abstract. The volumes of the forms, seen both frontally and in profile, are minimized. Furthermore, the choice of a mask lends itself to a treatment closer to bas-relief than to sculpture in the round. It's the frontal view that conveys the full expression; here the life of the piece shines forth, calm, distant, but with a sense of eternity.

The round face has high cheekbones, big eyes, and a snub nose, all features that also characterize faces created by Charles Malfray, Babin's much admired master.

Editioned in bronze, The Mask of a Young Girl also exists in terra-cotta.