Provenance

Mrs. John W. Simpson

Simpson, Kate Seney

American, c. 1869 - 1943

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Auguste Rodin, Two Figures, c. 1905, graphite with wash, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.37

Two Figures

Auguste Rodin · c. 1905 · graphite with wash ·  Accession ID  1942.5.37

Auguste Rodin, Mask of Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson), 1902, plaster, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.21

Mask of Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson)

Auguste Rodin · 1902 · plaster ·  Accession ID  1942.5.21

Auguste Rodin, Head of a Woman, possibly 1880s, plaster, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.24

Head of a Woman

Auguste Rodin · possibly 1880s · plaster ·  Accession ID  1942.5.24

Auguste Rodin, Figure Bending Forward with Right Knee Raised, graphite and watercolor, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.33

Figure Bending Forward with Right Knee Raised

Auguste Rodin · · graphite and watercolor ·  Accession ID  1942.5.33

Clodion, Satyrs at Play, c. 1850, terracotta, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.31

Satyrs at Play

Clodion · c. 1850 · terracotta ·  Accession ID  1942.5.31

Auguste Rodin, Right Foot, possibly 1880, plaster, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.30

Right Foot

Auguste Rodin · possibly 1880 · plaster ·  Accession ID  1942.5.30

A woman stands balanced on one foot and reaches overhead and holds the other foot with at least one arm in this vertical drawing on now-yellowed paper. The person is outlined in graphite and filled in loosely with a peach color. The head is sketched as a round circle with a few sweeping lines suggesting tendrils of hair. Graphite writing in the lower right corner reads, “homage a Madame K. Simpson A. Rodin 11 octobre 1905.”
Auguste Rodin, Dancing Figure, 1905, graphite and watercolor, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.36

Dancing Figure

Auguste Rodin · 1905 · graphite and watercolor ·  Accession ID  1942.5.36

Auguste Rodin, Right Hand, possibly 1880, plaster, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.27

Right Hand

Auguste Rodin · possibly 1880 · plaster ·  Accession ID  1942.5.27

Auguste Rodin, La France, 1904, bronze, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.9

La France

Auguste Rodin · 1904 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1942.5.9

Auguste Rodin, Les Amours Conduisant le Monde (Love Turning the World), 1881, drypoint on laid paper, Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.40

Les Amours Conduisant le Monde (Love Turning the World)

Auguste Rodin · 1881 · drypoint on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1942.5.40

Bibliography

1943

  • "Mrs. John W. Simpson" (obit.). New York Times. 12 January 1943: 23: 4.

2000

  • Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 409-431