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Rodin 6x7

The present images were taken by special permisison from the Musée Rodin in Paris.  

Musée Rodin 

79 Rue de Varenne 

75007 Paris 

www.musee-rodin.fr 

Our heartfelt thanks to the curators of the Musée Rodin, and to Mr. Jérôme Le Blay, author of the Catalogue Critique de l'Oeuvre Sculpté d’Auguste Rodin currently prepared by the Comité Auguste Rodin. 

  • C print - Ed. 2 + 1APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 57 1/8 x 49 1/4 in. (145 x 125 cm)Framed: 65  x 57 1/8  in. (165  x 145 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, Paris
  • C print - Ed. 2 + 1APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 49 1/4 x 57 1/8 in. (125 x 145 cm)Framed: 57 1/8  x 65 in. (145 x 165 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, Paris
  • C print - Ed. 2 + 1APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 57 1/8 x 49 1/4 in. (145 x 125 cm)Framed: 65  x 57 1/8  in. (165  x 145 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, Paris
  • C print - Ed. 2 + 1APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 57 1/8 x 49 1/4 in. (145 x 125 cm)Framed: 65  x 57 1/8  in. (165  x 145 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, Paris
  • C print - Ed. 2 + 1APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 57 1/8 x 49 1/4 in. (145 x 125 cm)Framed: 65  x 57 1/8  in. (165  x 145 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, Paris
  • C print - Ed. 5 + 2APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 27 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (70 x 60 cm)Framed: 35 1/2  x 31 1/2  in. (90  x 80 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, ParisRodin used his existing works in a thousand ways: by breaking them up, re-grouping them, reworking in various materials and also by changing the scale - enlarging or reducing, which completely changes how the sculpture is expressed and its impact on the viewer. Here, Rodin reworks the Head of Pierre de Wissant, one of the Burghers of Calais, for which a monument celebrating the self-denial of these heroes was ordered from him in 1885. He chose to show the moment where these six worthies were getting ready to hand over the keys of their town to the King of England in 1347, after a long and painful siege. The figures were mounted and grouped as early as 1889 since the complete work was exhibited at the Georges Petit galleryin Paris in that year.As had become usual, Rodin soon used his group again: he reused the fine Head of Pierre de Wissant, reduced it, and after 1900, also gave it monumental dimensions. The small head loses none of its strength. Leaning forward slightly, with eyes half-closed and parted lips, it contains within it all the pathos of a person confronted with a dramatic situation, like a portrait that concentrates a whole life in the face alone.
  • C print - Ed. 2 + 1APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 57 1/8 x 49 1/4 in. (145 x 125 cm)Framed: 65  x 57 1/8  in. (165  x 145 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, Paris
  • C print - Ed. 2 + 1APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 49 1/4 x 57 1/8 in. (125 x 145 cm)Framed: 57 1/8  x 65 in. (145 x 165 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, Paris
  • C print - Ed. 2 + 1APMounted face-in 1/8{quote} Plexiglason composite board in custom artist’s framePrint: 57 1/8 x 49 1/4 in. (145 x 125 cm)Framed: 65  x 57 1/8  in. (165  x 145 cm)Image Copyright © Musée Rodin, Paris
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