Looking Back at Rodin

Bellona, bronze, modeled 1879, cast 1925 by the foundry Alexis Rudier

Lately, I seem to be on a bit of a Rodin kick. Having already returned to older photographs from the Rodin Museum, it seemed natural to do the same with images from past visits to the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I only wish I’d had a camera back in 1997, during the Hands of Rodin exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum—my first encounter with The Kiss in marble, and one that has stayed with me ever since.

Bellona, bronze, modeled 1879, cast 1925 by the foundry Alexis Rudier

(L) The Thinker, bronze, modeled 1880-1881, cast 1924 by the
founder Alexis Rudier. (R) The Crouching Woman, modeled
1881-1882, cast 1925 by the foundry Alexis Rudier

The Age of Bronze, bronze, modeled 1875-1877,
cast in 1925 by the founder Alexis Rudier

Details: The Burghers of Calais, modeled 1884-1895,
cast 1919-1921 by the founder Alexis Rudier

Details: The Burghers of Calais, modeled 1884-1895,
cast 1919-1921 by the founder Alexis Rudier

Details: The Burghers of Calais, modeled 1884-1895,
cast 1919-1921 by the founder Alexis Rudier