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Auguste Rodin
She Who Was the Helmet-Maker's Beautiful Wifecirca 1889-circa 1890

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Bronze sculpture of a nude seated female figure hunched forward over bent knees, dark patina with green in recessed areas, set on a rough rock base
Bronze sculpture of a seated nude figure with head bowed forward and torso leaning over bent knees, perched on a roughly textured rock base, with dark green patina and expressive modeled surface.
Bronze sculpture of a nude figure leaning sharply forward over a rough-textured base, with deeply modeled musculature and a dark green patinated surface, rendered in an expressive, non-idealized style.
Bronze sculpture of a nude male figure seated on a rough rocky base, viewed from behind, torso twisted with one arm crossed over the body, dark green patinated surface.
Bronze sculpture of two nude figures, one standing and bending forward over a smaller crouching figure below, with dark green patinated surface and expressive, roughly modeled forms.
Artist or Maker
Auguste Rodin
France, Paris, 1840-1917
Title
She Who Was the Helmet-Maker's Beautiful Wife
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1889-circa 1890
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
19 1/2 x 12 x 7 3/4 in. (49.5 x 30.5 x 19.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor
Accession Number
M.84.164
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah. True Nature: Rodin in Context. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.