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Auguste Rodin

Dancing Figure, 1905

Not on View

Medium

graphite and watercolor

Dimensions

overall: 32.6 x 25 cm (12 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

Catalogue Raisonné

Elsen/Varnedoe, no. 77

Accession Number

1942.5.36

Artists / Makers

Auguste Rodin (artist) French, 1840 - 1917

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: hommage a Madame / K. Simpson / A. Rodin / 11 octobre 1905

Provenance

Mrs. John W. Simpson.

Associated Names

Simpson, John W., Mrs.

Exhibition History

1946: Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 19.

1963: Auguste Rodin: an exhibition of sculptures and drawings, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1963, no. 45B, repro.

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

1978: Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 111.

2001: A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 6.

Bibliography

1946: Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1946: no. 19, repro. cover.

1971: Varnedoe, Kirk. "Rodin as a Draftsman." In The Drawings of Rodin. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981: fig. 77.

1981: Varnedoe, Kirk. "Rodin's Drawings." In Rodin Rediscovered. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981: no. 7.69, repro. 186.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 685, no. 1104, color repro.

1988: Finch, Christopher. Twentieth-Century Watercolors. New York, 1988: 37, fig. 35.

1992: Parsons, Thomas, and Iain Gale. Post-Impressionism: The Rise of Modern Art, London, 1992: no. 162.

1995: Fiero, Gloria K. Romanticism, Realism, and the Modernist Turn. The Humanistic Tradition 5. 2nd ed. [7th ed. 2015] Madison, 1995: fig. 31.18

1995: Martinez, Benjamin and Jacqueline Block. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design. 2nd edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995: fig. D (section on unity and variety).

1996: Kissick, John. Art: Context and Criticism. Brown and Benchmark Publishers, 1996 (1993): p. 346, fig. 7.31.

2001: Brodie, Judith, and Andrew Robison, eds. A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: no. 6.

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