Auguste Rodin

Rodin, Rene Francois Auguste

French, 1840 - 1917

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Auguste Rodin, Hand of Rodin with a Female Figure, 1917, plaster, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.22

Hand of Rodin with a Female Figure

Auguste Rodin · 1917 · plaster ·  Accession ID  1942.5.22

Auguste Rodin, Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville, 1913-1914, plaster, Gift of the B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation, 1988.54.1

Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville

Auguste Rodin · 1913-1914 · plaster ·  Accession ID  1988.54.1

Auguste Rodin, Nude Woman Carrying Vase on Head, 1909, graphite and watercolor, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.32

Nude Woman Carrying Vase on Head

Auguste Rodin · 1909 · graphite and watercolor ·  Accession ID  1942.5.32

Cast in bronze, this freestanding sculpture shows the head and neck of a man with wavy hair and a deeply lined face. His thick hair appears brushed back from a high forehead. His brows are gathered, his cheeks hollow, and he has a square jawline. The bust stops just below the neck, and the sculpture sits on a maroon-red stone base streaked with white and black.
Auguste Rodin, Gustav Mahler, 1909, bronze, Gift of Lotte Walter Lindt in memory of her father, Bruno Walter, 1972.78.1

Gustav Mahler

Auguste Rodin · 1909 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1972.78.1

Auguste Rodin, Thomas Fortune Ryan, 1909-1910, bronze, Gift of Mrs. John Barry Ryan, Jr., 1974.29.1

Thomas Fortune Ryan

Auguste Rodin · 1909-1910 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1974.29.1

Auguste Rodin, Seated Female Nude Leaning to the Left, 1908, graphite on folded paper, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.38

Seated Female Nude Leaning to the Left

Auguste Rodin · 1908 · graphite on folded paper ·  Accession ID  1942.5.38

Auguste Rodin, Seated Female Nude Looking Forward, 1908, graphite on folded paper, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.39

Seated Female Nude Looking Forward

Auguste Rodin · 1908 · graphite on folded paper ·  Accession ID  1942.5.39

Auguste Rodin, Head of Hanako (Ohta Hisa), model c. 1908, cast 1965, bronze, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.21

Head of Hanako (Ohta Hisa)

Auguste Rodin · model c. 1908, cast 1965 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1995.47.21

Auguste Rodin, Memorial Relief (Hand of a Child), 1908, marble, Gift of Elizabeth Merrill Furness, 1982.6.1

Memorial Relief (Hand of a Child)

Auguste Rodin · 1908 · marble ·  Accession ID  1982.6.1

A woman kneeling with both arms raised by her head is carved from white marble in this freestanding sculpture. In this photograph, her body is angled slightly to our right and her face turns toward us. Her face and body are smooth and carved so her features appear soft and indistinct. Both elbows are raised by her long, textured hair as if caught mid-stretch. Chisel marks are also visible on the base, which appears to be a rounded boulder on which she kneels.
Auguste Rodin, Morning, 1906, marble, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.18

Morning

Auguste Rodin · 1906 · marble ·  Accession ID  1942.5.18

Bibliography

1889

  • Bartlett, Truman H. "Auguste Rodin, Sculptor." American Architect and Building News (19 January-15 June 1889): 65, 99-100, 283-284.

1927

  • Grappe, Georges. Catalogue du Musée Rodin. Paris, 1927 (2nd ed. 1929; 3rd ed. 1931; 4th ed. 1938; 5th ed. 1944).

1936

  • Cladel, Judith. Rodin: Sa vie glorieuse, sa vie inconnue. Paris, 1936.

1963

  • Elsen, Albert E. Rodin. New York, 1963.

1967

  • Descharnes, Robert, and Jean-François Chabrun. August Rodin. Lausanne, 1967.

1976

  • Tancock, John. The Sculpture of August Rodin. Philadelphia, 1976.

1977

  • de Caso, Jacques, and Patricia B. Sanders. Rodin's Sculpture: A Critical Study of the Spreckels Collection. San Francisco, 1977.

1981

  • Elsen, Albert E., ed. Rodin Rediscovered. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981.

1987

  • Grunfeld, Frederic V. Rodin: A Biography. New York, 1987.

1993

  • Butler, Ruth. Rodin: The Shape of Genius. New Haven and London, 1993.

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: 303-306.