Two Figures

c. 1905

Auguste Rodin

Associated Names
Auguste Rodin

Artist, French, 1840 - 1917

This painting shows two nude people depicted from head to toe. One person stands, supporting the other, who seems to be leaning backwards with one of their feet raised from the ground. The leaning person has their back to us, and the standing person has their head bent down so we don't see their face. They both have pale peach skin and brown hair, and their bodies are drawn with simple gray lines without much detail. The background is beige paper, with a few faint, wavy lines by the feet of the people.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with wash

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.7 x 25 cm (12 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.5.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. John W. Simpson [1869-1943]; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1946

  • Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 23.

1963

  • Auguste Rodin: an exhibition of sculptures and drawings, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1963, no. 46, repro.

1965

  • Wax Sculptures by Degas, Sculptures and Drawings by Rodin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965-1966.

2016

  • Fleeting Moments -- Drawings by Auguste Rodin, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 2016.

Bibliography

1946

  • Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1946: no. 23.

1971

  • Varnedoe, Kirk. "Rodin as a Draftsman." In The Drawings of Rodin. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981: fig. 133.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Aug Rodin

Wikidata ID

Q64536960

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