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Auguste Rodin [1840-1917]
The Walking Man,
On a Column
France, 1900
H. 3.57 m, bronze, (lost-wax cast executed in 2006,
Fonderie Coubertin)
Highlights of the Collection Perched on a column with a Corinthian capital,
this “walking man” was presented by Rodin at the
1900 Paris Exposition in the Alma Pavilion where he
organised his own exhibition. To make this work, the
artist used the fragments from one of his previous
sculptures depicting Saint John the Baptist, pivoting
Louvre Abu Dhabi the torso on the legs and giving it a dynamic flection.
While evoking Antiquity, Rodin’s choice of keeping
the torso as a fragment, thereby freeing the sculpture
of all superfluous features, bears witness to his
great modernity.
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