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Study of a Nude with Drapery

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Study of a Nude with Drapery

ca. 1908

Medium

Pencil and bistre on buff wove paper, darkened, with left margin and bottom right torn

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Dimensions

12 3/16 × 7 7/8 in. (31 × 20 cm) Framed: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Rights

Public Domain

About Auguste Rodin

1840–1917 • France

François Auguste René Rodin (1840-1917) stands as the founder of modern sculpture, transforming the art form from academic tradition into expressive modernism. Born into a working-class Parisian family, Rodin faced early rejection, failing three times to gain admission to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. This setback forced him to work as a craftsman for nearly two decades, though his 1875 trip to Italy proved transformative when encountering Michelangelo's work liberated him from academic constraints.

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