Cast 1917
Hand of Rodin Holding a Torso
Auguste RodinFrench, 1840 - 1917
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In the weeks leading up to Rodin’s death in November 1917, his assistant Paul Cruet made a cast of the artist’s right hand and inserted Small Torso A, one of many plaster fragments crowding Rodin’s studio. This composite work combines a cast made from life with an original work of art.
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