Study for Obsession

Auguste Rodin French

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Among the most telling of the gifts Rodin made to The Met in acknowledgment of the Museum’s acquisition of his sculptures, this study of a nude woman, rendered almost abstract by enclosure, announces the impenetrable mystery of the female form that so obsessed Rodin.

Study for Obsession, Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon), Cast plaster, French

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Study for Obsession, Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon), Cast plaster, French
Study for Obsession, Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon), Cast plaster, French
Study for Obsession, Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon), Cast plaster, French
Study for Obsession, Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon), Cast plaster, French

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