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Auguste Rodin used a variety of materials for his sculptures, including bronze, marble, plaster and clay. One of his most famous works, The Thinker, is a bronze piece mounted on a stone pedestal. Find a selection of Auguste Rodin art on 1stDibs.
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"Antonin Proust" original drypoint
By Auguste Rodin
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference: Delteil 10. Published in Paris in 1899 by H. Floury for Auguste Rodin "Statuaire" by Lon Maillard. This impression is prin...
Category
1890s Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Auguste Rodin "Main Droite Feminine" Bronze Sculpture by Alexis Rudier Foundry
By Auguste Rodin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Auguste Rodin French, 1840-1917
"Main Droite Feminine, doigts semi replies, annulaire leve"
Feminine Right Hand, semi-folded fingers, raised ring finger
Conceived circa 1890-1900; cast circa 1930-1940
Signed "A Rodin" on the right side of the wrist and with the foundry mark "Alexis Rudier...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alphonse Legros, Impressionist Etching by Auguste Rodin
By Auguste Rodin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Alphonse Legros, Year: 1881, Medium: Etching on laid paper, Image Size: 10 x 7 inches, Size: 11.75 x 9 in. (29.85 x 22.86 cm), Description: Fro...
Category
1880s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Male Acrobat, Impressionist Lithograph by Auguste Rodin
By Auguste Rodin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Male Acrobat, Year: 1902, Medium: Lithograph on Japon, signed in the plate, Image Size: 9 x 8 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Refe...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Victor Hugo de face" original drypoint
By Auguste Rodin
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Executed in 1885 and printed on thin china paper, this is an exceptionally rare state with the figure study of a child etched at the bottom lef...
Category
1880s Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Dante & Virgilus - Etching, (Ed. Goupil, 1897)
By Auguste Rodin
Located in Paris, IDF
ARTISTE: after Auguste RODIN
TITLE : Dante & Virgilus
MEDIUM : Etching/photogravure after the original drawing
SIGNATURE : Unsigned
YEAR : 1897
PAPER : Vellum
SIZE : 13 x 10"
INFOR...
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching