Provenance

Mrs. John W. Simpson

Simpson, Kate Seney

American, c. 1869 - 1943

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Auguste Rodin, Two Figures, c. 1905, graphite with wash, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.37

Two Figures

Auguste Rodin · c. 1905 · graphite with wash ·  Accession ID  1942.5.37

Auguste Rodin, Mask of Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson), 1902, plaster, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.21

Mask of Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson)

Auguste Rodin · 1902 · plaster ·  Accession ID  1942.5.21

Jean Honoré Fragonard, Love the Sentinel, c. 1773/1776, oil on canvas, In memory of Kate Seney Simpson, 1947.2.2

Love the Sentinel

Jean Honoré Fragonard · c. 1773/1776 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.2.2

A man and woman embrace and kiss while sitting on a rocky formation in this free-standing bronze sculpture. Both people are nude, and they turn toward each other. In this photograph, to our right, the slender woman reaches her left arm, closer to us, up to wrap around the man’s neck. Her left breast is silhouetted against the man’s muscular chest. The woman’s raised arm covers most of their faces but the man turns his head down to meet hers. The man rests his right hand, closer to us, on her hip and she hooks one leg over his. His knees are angled to our left and he turns his torso toward her. The woman’s left toes brush his foot, just below hers. They sit on a textured, rock-like form. The surface of sculpture has a golden-brown patina, which darkens where the bodies fold and crease. The artist’s name is stamped into the seat, just below the woman’s hip: “RODIN.”
Auguste Rodin, The Kiss (Le Baiser), model 1880-1887, cast c. 1898/1902, bronze, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.15

The Kiss (Le Baiser)

Auguste Rodin · model 1880-1887, cast c. 1898/1902 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1942.5.15

Auguste Rodin, Statuette of a Woman, possibly early 20th century, terracotta, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.6

Statuette of a Woman

Auguste Rodin · possibly early 20th century · terracotta ·  Accession ID  1942.5.6

Auguste Rodin, Head of a Woman, possibly 1880s, plaster, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.24

Head of a Woman

Auguste Rodin · possibly 1880s · plaster ·  Accession ID  1942.5.24

Auguste Rodin, Figure Bending Forward with Right Knee Raised, graphite and watercolor, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.33

Figure Bending Forward with Right Knee Raised

Auguste Rodin · · graphite and watercolor ·  Accession ID  1942.5.33

Clodion, Satyrs at Play, c. 1850, terracotta, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.31

Satyrs at Play

Clodion · c. 1850 · terracotta ·  Accession ID  1942.5.31

Auguste Rodin, Right Foot, possibly 1880, plaster, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.30

Right Foot

Auguste Rodin · possibly 1880 · plaster ·  Accession ID  1942.5.30

A woman stands balanced on one foot and reaches overhead and holds the other foot with at least one arm in this vertical drawing on now-yellowed paper. The person is outlined in graphite and filled in loosely with a peach color. The head is sketched as a round circle with a few sweeping lines suggesting tendrils of hair. Graphite writing in the lower right corner reads, “homage a Madame K. Simpson A. Rodin 11 octobre 1905.”
Auguste Rodin, Dancing Figure, 1905, graphite and watercolor, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.36

Dancing Figure

Auguste Rodin · 1905 · graphite and watercolor ·  Accession ID  1942.5.36

Bibliography

1943

  • "Mrs. John W. Simpson" (obit.). New York Times. 12 January 1943: 23: 4.

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: 409-431