François Auguste René Rodin (1840–1917) is primarily known as a sculptor, but his creative practice included prints and drawings as well.

Howard C. Rice, Jr. writes in his “Glimpses of Rodin" article: “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.”

Rice, Howard C. “Glimpses of Rodin.” The Princeton University Library Chronicle 27, no. 1 (1965): 33–44.

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