RODIN, Auguste

Paris 1840 - Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine 1917

Devant la mer

Beside the Sea

modeled c. 1895-1900, carved 1906

marble

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 23 ¹⁄₂ x 34 ¹⁄₂ x 23 ¹⁄₄ in.

Acc. No.: 11.173.5

Credit Line: Gift of Thomas F. Ryan, 1910

Photo credit: www.metmuseum.org, August 18, 2011

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Provenance

• 1910, Gift of Thomas F. Ryan

Bibliography

• 1907 Michel
  Wilhelm Michel, "Auguste Rodin - Paris", Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Darmstadt, vol. 21, 1907 (October), p. 3, ill.
• 1912 Breck
  Joseph Breck, "The collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin in the Metropolitan Museum", The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. VII, 1912 (May supplement), p. 14, 15, ill.
• 1962 Goldscheider
  Cécile Goldscheider, Rodin Paris, 1962, p. 86, ill. (plaster, dated 1905)
• 1963 Elsen
  Albert Elsen, Rodin, New York, 1963, p. 134, 137, ill.
• 1981 Elsen
  Albert Elsen, Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1981
• 1981 Vincent
  Clare Vincent, "Rodin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art", The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring 1981, reprinted separately 1981, p.
• 2007 Le Normand-Romain (français)
  Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, avec la collaboration d'Hélène Marraud et Diane Tytgat, introductions par Dr. Ruth Butler et Mr. Régis Cusinberche, Rodin et le bronze. Catalogue des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, 2 volumes, Paris, Musée Rodin / Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, vol. 1, pp.151-157, Devant la mer, vers 1895-1900 cet exemplaire est cité p. 154 : "(H. 60; L. 89; Pr. 58,4 cm) exécuté par Jean-Marie Mengue, 1906 : New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, don Thomas F. Ryan, 1911"
• 2007 Le Normand-Romain (English)
  Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, with the collaboration of Hélène Marraud and Diane Tytgat, introductions by Dr. Ruth Butler and Mr. Régis Cusinberche, The Bronzes of Rodin. Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, 2 volumes, English version, Paris, Musée Rodin / Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, vol. 1, pp.151-157, Beside the Sea, c. 1895-1900, this copy is mentioned p. 154: "(60 x 89 x 58,4 cm) carved by Jean-Marie Mengue, 1906: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Thomas F. Ryan, 1911"

Exhibitions

• 1970 London
  Rodin: sculpture and drawings, London, Hayward Gallery, organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain, January 24-April 5, 1970, no. 90, ill.
  
  1981-1982 Washington
  Rodin Rediscovered, Washington, DC., National Gallery of Art, June 28, 1981-May 2, 1982, organized by Albert E. Elsen, Kirk Varnedoe, and Ruth Butler, cat. no.160, 325

Related works

• Museum's file:
  Plaster in the Musée Rodin, Paris, dating from before 1907.
  Bronze cast in the Philadelphia Rodin Museum.
  Bronze statuette of the subject (H. 6 5/8) illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Auguste Rodin, New York, The Curt Valentin Gallery, 4-29 May 1954, no. 28, called Bather and dated 1895.

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