Auguste RODIN (after) - Pastoral - Engraving
Pastorale
Engraving (rotogravure) enhanced with watercolor
On vellum 42.5 x 31 cm
Engraving edited in 1897 by the Ateliers Goupil
Limited edition in 125 copies, provided with the COA of the gallery and a photocopy of the editor's print receipt.
Very good conditon, slight tear on the upper margin and small surface defects in the inner margin.
Information:
This engraving is part of the « Album Fenaille » or « Album Goupil », work dedicated to Auguste Rodin's drawings, publised in 1897. Figures a majority of drawings relatd to Dante's Inferno that are generally gathered under the name "dessins noirs" ("black drawings").
A copy of this precious album is located 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.
