Two Figures

c. 1905

Auguste Rodin

Artist, French, 1840 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with wash

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.7 x 25 cm (12 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.5.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. John W. Simpson [1869-1943]; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1946

  • Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 23.

1963

  • Auguste Rodin: an exhibition of sculptures and drawings, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1963, no. 46, repro.

1965

  • Wax Sculptures by Degas, Sculptures and Drawings by Rodin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965-1966.

2016

  • Fleeting Moments -- Drawings by Auguste Rodin, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 2016.

Bibliography

1946

  • Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1946: no. 23.

1971

  • Varnedoe, Kirk. "Rodin as a Draftsman." In The Drawings of Rodin. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981: fig. 133.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Aug Rodin

Wikidata ID

Q64536960

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