Auguste RODIN (after): Demon showing a shadow fallen in the pitch - Engraving
Demon showing a fallen shadow in pitch
Engraving (gravure taken up at the point) and enhanced with watercolor
On vellum 42.5 x 31 cm
Engraving published in 1897 by the Ateliers Goupil
Edition limited to 125 copies, supplied with certificate of authenticity from the gallery and photocopy of proof of the print run from the publisher.
Very good condition, upper right corner slightly bent
Information:
This engraving is part of "Album Fenaille" or "Album Goupil", a work devoted to the drawings of Auguste Rodin, published in 1897. There are a majority of drawings related to
Dante's Inferno and which are generally grouped together under the name of "black drawings".
A copy of this precious album can be found in the archives of the Rodin Museum.
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.
