Auguste Rodin: Drawings & Watercolors

Auguste Rodin: Drawings & Watercolors by Buley-Uribe, Christina. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780500238356.

"I have drawn all my life. I began withdrawing: I have never stopped drawing."―Auguste Rodin From the "black" drawings contemporaneous with the Gates of Hell to his great watercolor nudes, this book reproduces hundreds of Auguste Rodins most beautiful graphic works held in the collection of the Musée Rodin, a number of which are published here for the first time. The accompanying essays analyze the complex relationships between Rodins drawings and his sculptures, the problems of attribution, and the role of sensuality in his work. Rodins rich graphic oeuvre has until now been a little-known aspect of his art, yet it is crucial to a full understanding of his work. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the great sculptors achievements. 372 illustrations in color and black-and-white