Auguste Rodin

In “Glimpses of Rodin” in the Princeton University Library Chronicle 27, no. 1 (Autumn 1965), Howard C. Rice, Jr. writes:

“Material about the French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), including several letters, notes, and sketches in his autograph, has recently been added to the Library’s collection of modern manuscripts. This small but attractive group of mementoes, which had been preserved by René Chéruy, one time secretary of Rodin, who subsequently resided in the United States as a teacher of French at the Loomis School in Windsor, Connecticut, has been presented to the Princeton University Library in Mr. Chéruy’s memory by a group of his former students, including Jewett T. Flagg, James Parton, and William H. Scheide. Several pencil and watercolor drawings by Rodin, as well as examples of his dry points…, which also belonged to Mr. Chéruy, have been added to the initial gift by Thomas S. Brush. The souvenirs, now at Princeton evoke mainly the years 1902-1908, when Chéruy, then in his twenties, was performing numerous secretarial chores for 'the Master,' who was in his sixties and at the peak of his contemporary fame.”

Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection

Auguste Rodin

Further Reading

1. [Female nude, seated, seen from rear, arms raised].

2. [Female nude, leaning forward, legs outstretched, hands on knees, top of hair cut off].

3. [Nude figure, head bent forward, legs outstretched, one foot torn off].

4. [Female nude, standing, brown wrap around shoulders and lower torso].

5. [Female nude, reclining on back, knees raised, hands on feet].

6. [Seated female nude, body facing left, head facing right].

7. La Ronde [copy 1].

8. La Ronde [copy 2].

9. [Very rough pencil sketches of six female nudes].

10. [Woman in blue dress, seated with right hand touching left shoulder, left hand in lap, eyes closed].

11. [Woman in blue and orange dress, kneeling, arms crossed in front of her].

12. [Very rough pencil sketches of two nudes].

13. [Female nude, standing, sheer red and black material wrapped around her torso].

14. [Female nude, standing, holding long black cape at her right with left hand].

15. [Female nude, cut at knees and elbows, brown wash on hair, pink flesh].

16. [Female nude, kneeling, both arms thrown back and touching feet, brown wash on hair and pink flesh].

17. [Female nude, lying on stomach, torso lifted by arms, reddish brown wash on hair].

18. [Couple embracing].

19. [Female nude, seated, hands folded in lap and holding black cloth].

20. [Female nude, standing, green wrap around shoulders and head].

Auguste Rodin

Further Reading

Search Results

1. [Female nude, seated, seen from rear, arms raised].

2. [Female nude, leaning forward, legs outstretched, hands on knees, top of hair cut off].

3. [Nude figure, head bent forward, legs outstretched, one foot torn off].

4. [Female nude, standing, brown wrap around shoulders and lower torso].

5. [Female nude, reclining on back, knees raised, hands on feet].

6. [Seated female nude, body facing left, head facing right].

7. La Ronde [copy 1].

8. La Ronde [copy 2].

9. [Very rough pencil sketches of six female nudes].

10. [Woman in blue dress, seated with right hand touching left shoulder, left hand in lap, eyes closed].

11. [Woman in blue and orange dress, kneeling, arms crossed in front of her].

12. [Very rough pencil sketches of two nudes].

13. [Female nude, standing, sheer red and black material wrapped around her torso].

14. [Female nude, standing, holding long black cape at her right with left hand].

15. [Female nude, cut at knees and elbows, brown wash on hair, pink flesh].

16. [Female nude, kneeling, both arms thrown back and touching feet, brown wash on hair and pink flesh].

17. [Female nude, lying on stomach, torso lifted by arms, reddish brown wash on hair].

18. [Couple embracing].

19. [Female nude, seated, hands folded in lap and holding black cloth].

20. [Female nude, standing, green wrap around shoulders and head].