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Auguste Rodin

Seated Female Nude Leaning to the Left, 1908

Not on View

Medium

graphite on folded paper

Dimensions

Overall (folded sh): 31.2 x 20 cm (12 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
overall (unfolded): 31.2 x 40 cm (12 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

Accession Number

1942.5.38

Artists / Makers

Auguste Rodin (artist) French, 1840 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: Dessin fait / cette matinee 7 juillet / 1908 / et dedie / a mon ami / John Woodruffe / Simpson / Aug. Rodin

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Simpson, John W., Mrs.

Exhibition History

1946: Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 20, as Seated Figure.

1963: Auguste Rodin: an exhibition of sculptures and drawings, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1963, no. 48, repro.

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

Bibliography

1946: Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1946: no. 20.

1971: Elsen/Varnedoe 1971, fig.86.

1981: Varnedoe, Kirk. "Rodin's Drawings." In Rodin Rediscovered. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981: no. 328, fig.. 7.74, repro. 187.

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