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Auguste Rodin

Rear View of Female Figure in Action, 1904

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 32.7 x 25.2 cm (12 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

Accession Number

1942.5.35

Artists / Makers

Auguste Rodin (artist) French, 1840 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: visite de Monsieur et de Madame / Simpson le 25 septembre 1904 / Meudon 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. 24, as Figure.

1963: Auguste Rodin: an exhibition of sculptures and drawings, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1963, no. 16.

1965: Sculpture and Drawings by Rodin, NGA, 1965-1966, 1966-1970.

1991: Genius Rodin, Eros und Kreativität, Kunsthalle Bremen and Düsseldorf, 1991-1992, no. 65.

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