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Study for a Monument

Modeled mid- 1890s; cast c. 1926
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)

The story behind this unrealized monument is not known. A kneeling female nude cradles a smaller male figure. Beside them is a winged angel similar to those in The Benedictions. The plaster study includes a fully elaborated pedestal, carefully scaled so that the sculpted forms protrude over the platform edge.


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