Caress me, darling! … feel how cold and hard my breasts are, Auguste Rodin

Caress me, darling! … feel how cold and hard my breasts are

Caresse-moi, chéri! … tâte comme mes seins sont froids et durs (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French) (1840-1917)

Movement: Symbolism
Date: 1899–1900
Medium: Color lithograph
Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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Nude Woman Body Back Standing Arm Bun Hair Head of hair Buttock Leg Foot Hand Nape Brown Beige Outline Line Lithograph Print Signature Figure seen from behind Single figure Stretching

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The second has abundant hair that gleams and unfurls in long garlands of silk

The second has abundant hair that gleams and unfurls in long garlands of silk

And she is the one I love

And she is the one I love

Tomorrow, if the spirits will grant me the favor of having a woman on this gibbet … I will make a man of her …

Tomorrow, if the spirits will grant me the favor of having a woman on this gibbet … I will make a man of her …

And yet, he said, I who speak to you, Milady … I am not just anybody

And yet, he said, I who speak to you, Milady … I am not just anybody

You put in a very large rat, which should have been deprived of food …

You put in a very large rat, which should have been deprived of food …

She was hung by the wrists from an iron hook

She was hung by the wrists from an iron hook

Shadow descends on the garden …

Shadow descends on the garden …

And such is the invulnerable beauty of her body …

And such is the invulnerable beauty of her body …