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"Une splendide creature que j'avais aimee la veille..."

Lithographer Lithographed by Auguste Clot French
1902
Not on view
Rodin contributed twenty drawings as illustrations for a luxury edition of his friend Octave Mirbeau’s avant-garde erotic novel "The Torture Garden." Masterfully translated into lithographs by printer Auguste Clot, each sheet came in a tissue-paper sleeve printed with the corresponding line of text and a reduced-scale contour version of the drawing. This example, keyed to the line "a splendid creature that I had loved the night before," relates to a part of the novel in which the femme fatale, Clara, recounts her past affairs with women.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Une splendide creature que j'avais aimee la veille..."
  • Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
  • Lithographer: Lithographed by Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936)
  • Date: 1902
  • Medium: Color lithograph
  • Dimensions: sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 15/16 in. (32.5 x 25.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
  • Object Number: 23.19.1(8)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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