And she is the one I love, Auguste Rodin

And she is the one I love

Et c'est celle-là que j'aime (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 Torso Bare-chested Bust Arm Hand Chest Face Closed eyes Bald Ocher Beige Outline Line Lithograph Print Signature Single figure Leaning Shoulder

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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 …

And the name of Clara, whispered from lips, from bed to bed, from room to room, soon filled the boat of flowers like a marvelous obscenity

And the name of Clara, whispered from lips, from bed to bed, from room to room, soon filled the boat of flowers like a marvelous obscenity

For the demons must leave her body …

For the demons must leave her body …