Right Foot

possibly 1880

Auguste Rodin

Sculptor, French, 1840 - 1917

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired 1907 or 1908 from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson, New York;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] There is only one mention of "little sketches" in the Simpson correspondence with Rodin (Musée Rodin Archives, Paris). In a letter of 25 February 1911, Kate Simpson spoke of a visitor who particularly admired the "little sketches...souvenirs of my wonderful summers in Paris and Versailles." The Simpsons spent the summers of 1907 and 1908 in Versailles, so perhaps this foot, as well as the terracotta hand (NGA 1942.5.8) and the four plaster hands (NGA 1942.5.26-29) were gifts of these visits.

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Exhibition History

1965

  • Wax Sculptures by Degas, Sculptures and Drawings by Rodin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965-1966, no cat.

1981

  • Rodin Rediscovered, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981-1982, no. 82.

Bibliography

1900

  • Kahn, Gustave. "Les Mains chez Rodin." La Plume, special edition (1900): 316-320.

1963

  • Steinberg, Leo. Auguste Rodin. Exh. cat. Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1963: 13, 64-67.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 170.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 148, repro.

1976

  • Frel, Jiri, and Harvey West. Rodin: The Maryhill Collection. Exh. cat. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Washington State University, Pullman. Pullman, 1976: 42.

  • Tancock, John. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Philadelphia, 1976: 616-621.

1977

  • de Caso, Jacques, and Patricia B. Sanders. Rodin's Sculpture: A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection. San Francisco, 1977: 323-331.

1981

  • Vincent, Clare. "Rodin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A History of the Collection." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Spring 1981): 35, 41.

1983

  • Laurent, Monique. Rodin, les mains, les chirurgiens. Exh. cat. Musée Rodin, Paris, 1983.

1986

  • Rilke, Rainer Maria. Auguste Rodin. Translated in G. Craig Houston. Rodin and Other Prose Pieces. London, 1986: 18-19.

  • Lampert, Catherine. Rodin: Sculpture & Drawaings. Exh. cat. Hayward Gallery, London, 1986: 231.

1990

  • Pinet, Hélène. "Mains." In Le corps en morceau. Exh. cat. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1990: 171-195.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 206, repro.

2000

  • Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 331-334, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63809300

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