Morning, 1906

Inscription

on proper left side, on a smoothed-out rectangular surface at bottom of self-base: A. Rodin 1906; above the primary signature, near the figure's knee, another signature, partially removed by a sculptor's tool: A R d i

Provenance

Purchased 1906 from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson, New York; gift 1942 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1946

Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 5.

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. 159.

Bibliography

1927

Grappe, Georges. Catalogue du Musée Rodin. Paris, 1927: 48.

1944

Grappe, Georges. Catalogue du Musée Rodin. 5th ed. Paris, 1944: 41, 56-57.

1965

Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 169.

1967

Descharnes, Robert, and Jean-François Chabrun. Auguste Rodin. Lausanne, 1967: 232-233.

1968

National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 149, repro.

1976

Tancock, John. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Philadelphia, 1976: 168-171.

1986

Lampert, Catherine. Rodin: Sculpture & Drawings. Exh. cat. Hayward Gallery, London, 1986: 82.

1989

Vilain, Jacques. Claude Monet-Auguste Rodin: Centennaire de l'exposition de 1889. Exh. cat. Musée Rodin, Paris, 1989: 196-197.

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: 385-388, color repro.

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