Auguste RODIN: Young model stretching, signed engraving
Young model stretching, 1949
Heliogravure and stencil (Dreux-Barry workshop)
Signed in the plate
Limited to 600 unnumbered copies
On Vellum 44.5 x 32 cm
INFORMATION: Superb period engraving after an original watercolor by Auguste Rodin. Published in 1949 by the Bibliothèque des Arts Décoratifs under the control of the Musée Rodin, of which it includes the
official stamp "MR".
Excellent condition
Auguste Rodin :
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), is one of the greatest french sculptors of the second half of the 19th century, considered as one of the fathers of moderne sculpture. He is credited with revolutionizing sculpture by a previously unknown freedom of form. His most famous works are "The thinker", the Monument to the writer Balzac, The "Bourgeois de Calais" (Burghers of Calais). A museum is dedicated to him in Paris. His works are exhibited in the world's greatest museum. He also was an amazing draughtsman and engraver.
