Three Standing Men

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Three Standing Men

c. 1880-1882

Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917

This drawing likely relates to the 1880 commission for The Gates of Hell. The style is typical of nude studies from around that date, with the rapidly delineated musculature of the male bodies accentuated. While the subject matter is uncertain—the figures hold some indistinguishable object—the grouping of three interwoven male nudes anticipates The Three Shades, which Rodin invented by grouping three casts of The Shade and placing them atop The Gates of Hell....

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Object Details

Title:

Three Standing Men

Date:

c. 1880-1882

Artist:

Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917

Medium:

Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brown wash on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 5 x 3 3/4 inches (12.7 x 9.5 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1929

Accession Number:

F1929-7-164

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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