Auguste RODIN (after) - Minos - engraving
Minos
Engraving (rotogravure reprised with point) and enhanced with watercolour
On Vellum of 42.5 x 31 cm
Engraving edited in 1897 by Ateliers Goupil
Limited Edition of 125 copies, provided with certificate of authenticity of the gallery and photography of the proof of print of the publisher.
Very good condition, slight clear foxing traces in the margins.
Informations:
This engraving is part of "Album Fenaille" or "Album Goupil", a work devoted to the drawings of Auguste Rodin published in 1897. They feature many drawings related to Dante's Inferno and that we
regroup generally under the name "Black Drawings".
A copy of this precious album can be found in the archives of the Musée Rodin.
Dimensions :
- Height : 31 cm
- Width : 42.5 cm
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.
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