Artist Monograph

Auguste Rodin, French

French, 1840–1917

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Sculpture 14 31.8%
Watercolor 4 9.1%
Drawing 3 6.8%
Lithography 2 4.5%
Etching 1 2.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 30 68.2%
Painting & Sculpture 14 31.8%

Production by Decade

1
0s
1
1850s
1
1870s
1
1880s
14
1890s
26
1900s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 21
  • Sculpture — 14
  • Drawing — 7
  • Print — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1536.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)2458.5%
Large (1–3 m)24.9%

Range: 14.8 cm → 282.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19401
19541
19552
19631
196421
19742
197612
19801
19901
19941
20081

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden" — 1

Highlighted Works

  1. 1891 Honoré de Balzac Terracotta
  2. modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910 Adam Bronze

Recurring Subjects & Themes

  • Female Nudes · 22
  • Men · 13
  • Hands · 13
  • Women · 10
  • Male Nudes · 7
  • Portraits · 6
  • Heads · 4
  • Legs · 4
  • Goddess · 4
  • Adam · 2
  • Eve · 2
  • Galatea · 2
  • Cupid · 2
  • Psyche · 2
  • Faces · 2
  • Couples · 2
  • Lovers · 2
  • Saint John the Baptist · 1
  • Boys · 1
  • Girls · 1

Met Open Access Records

79 CC0 records at The Met.

CultureCountryDepartmentRecords
FrenchEuropean Sculpture and Decorative Arts49
French, ParisEuropean Sculpture and Decorative Arts2

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard