Dawn: Return from the Sabbath

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Dawn: Return from the Sabbath

c. 1885

Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917

During the early 1880s Rodin made numerous drawings such as this one on literary and mythological themes. Here, a rearing centaur carries off a struggling woman whom he has cast across his back. Rodin cut out the figures from one sheet and pasted them down on another, perhaps to reinforce the angular intensity of the outline. The sense of rapid movement and contorted struggle is reinforced by several slashes of watercolor added to the support sheet above the head of the centaur....

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Object Details

Title:

Dawn: Return from the Sabbath
L'aube Retour du sabbat

Date:

c. 1885

Artist:

Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917

Medium:

Collage of cut paper with pen and brush and ink, graphite, and watercolor on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet (irregular): 7 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (20 × 25.2 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1929

Accession Number:

F1929-7-166

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

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