Auguste Rodin

52 works held in 11 museums

Drawings, watercolors and prints, 1840-1917

Dancer from Royal Cambodian Ballet, Auguste Rodin

Dancer from Royal Cambodian Ballet, 1906.

Auguste Rodin (French), pencil and watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Two Figures, Auguste Rodin

Two Figures, c. 1905.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite with wash

National Gallery of Art, United States

Origin of the Greek Vase, Auguste Rodin

Origin of the Greek Vase, 1900–1910.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite, watercolor, and gouache

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

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

Caress me, darling! … feel how cold and hard my breasts are, 1899–1900.

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

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

You put in a very large rat, which should have been deprived of food …, 1899–1900.

Vous mettez un très gros rat, qu'il convient d'avoir privé… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

For the demons must leave her body …, Auguste Rodin

For the demons must leave her body …, 1899–1900.

Car il faut que les démons s'en aillent de son corps … (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Horseman (recto); Horse and Rider (verso), Auguste Rodin

Horseman (recto); Horse and Rider (verso), 1889.

Auguste Rodin (French), gouache, with pen and brown and black ink and traces of magenta ink (faded), over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Bust of Bellone, Auguste Rodin

Bust of Bellone, 1883.

Auguste Rodin (French), drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Embracing Couple or Prodigal Son, Auguste Rodin

Embracing Couple or Prodigal Son, c. 1880.

Auguste Rodin (French), pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with gray opaque watercolor over black chalk, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on tracing paper

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Golden Age, Auguste Rodin

The Golden Age, 1871–1878.

Auguste Rodin (French), black chalk heightened with white on faded blue paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Dancer from Royal Cambodian Ballet, Auguste Rodin

Dancer from Royal Cambodian Ballet, 1906.

Auguste Rodin (French), pencil and watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Embrace, Auguste Rodin

The Embrace, 1900–1910.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite, watercolor, and gouache

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Nude female figure holding left foot, Auguste Rodin

Nude female figure holding left foot, 1900–1912.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite and watercolor

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

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

The second has abundant hair that gleams and unfurls in long garlands of silk, 1899–1900.

La seconde a une abondante chevelure qui brille et se… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

She was hung by the wrists from an iron hook, Auguste Rodin

She was hung by the wrists from an iron hook, 1899–1900.

Elle était suspendue, par les poignets, à un crochet de fer (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

She seemed to be returning from a long, anguished sleep …, Auguste Rodin

She seemed to be returning from a long, anguished sleep …, 1899–1900.

Elle semblait revenir d'un long, d'un angoissant sommeil … (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Victor Hugo, Auguste Rodin

Portrait of Victor Hugo, 1885.

Portret van Victor Hugo (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), drypoint

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Spring, Auguste Rodin

Spring, 1883.

Le Printemps (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Fate, called La Fortune, Auguste Rodin

Fate, called La Fortune, 1880.

Skæbnen, kaldet La Fortune (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French)

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Female Cambodian Dancer with Swirling Drapery, Auguste Rodin

Female Cambodian Dancer with Swirling Drapery

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite, watercolor, and opaque watercolor on paper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Dancer from Royal Cambodian Ballet, Auguste Rodin

Dancer from Royal Cambodian Ballet, 1906.

Auguste Rodin (French), pencil and watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Nero, Auguste Rodin

Nero, 1900–1910.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite with stumping, watercolor, and gouache

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

With slow and charming gestures, Clara smoothed the red gold of her hair, Auguste Rodin

With slow and charming gestures, Clara smoothed the red gold of her hair, 1899–1900.

Avec des gestes lents et charmants, Clara lissa l'or roux… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

And she is the one I love, Auguste Rodin

And she is the one I love, 1899–1900.

Et c'est celle-là que j'aime (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Shadow descends on the garden …, Auguste Rodin

Shadow descends on the garden …, 1899–1900.

L'ombre descend sur le jardin … (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sphinx, Auguste Rodin

Sphinx, c. 1898–1900.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite and brown wash

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Victor Hugo, Front View (Studies of Victor Hugo's Head), Auguste Rodin

Victor Hugo, Front View (Studies of Victor Hugo's Head), 1885.

Victor Hugo de face (Études de tête de Victor Hugo) (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), drypoint

Maison de Victor Hugo, France

Satyr and Nymph, Auguste Rodin

Satyr and Nymph, c. 1880.

Auguste Rodin (French), pen and black and brown inks and washes, white opaque watercolor, and graphite on wove paper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Centaur Kidnapping a Young Man, Auguste Rodin

Centaur Kidnapping a Young Man, 1878–1881.

Kentaur der kidnapper en ung mand (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French)

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Nude Couple Embracing, Auguste Rodin

Nude Couple Embracing

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite, ink, and gouache on paper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Faunesse, Auguste Rodin

Faunesse, c. 1905.

Auguste Rodin (French), watercolor over graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Seated female nude, Auguste Rodin

Seated female nude, 1900–1910.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite, watercolor, and gouache

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A splendid creature whom I had loved the day before, Auguste Rodin

A splendid creature whom I had loved the day before, 1899–1900.

Une splendide créature que j'avais aimée la veille (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

Tomorrow, if the spirits will grant me the favor of having a woman on this gibbet … I will make a man of her …, 1899–1900.

Demain, si les génies veulent bien m'accorder la grâce que… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

And such is the invulnerable beauty of her body …, Auguste Rodin

And such is the invulnerable beauty of her body …, 1899–1900.

Et telle est l'invulnérable beauté de son corps … (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Woman Standing in Water, Auguste Rodin

Woman Standing in Water, 1898–1902.

Auguste Rodin (French)

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Witches' Sabbath (recto); Sketches of Centaurs (verso), Auguste Rodin

The Witches' Sabbath (recto); Sketches of Centaurs (verso), 1883–1889.

Auguste Rodin (French), gouache, with pen and black ink, over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on tan wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Maternity, Auguste Rodin

Maternity, c. 1880.

Auguste Rodin (French), pen and brown and black inks and washes, white opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Two Lovers, Auguste Rodin

Two Lovers, 1878–1881.

To elskende (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French)

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Standing Nude with Draperies, Auguste Rodin

Standing Nude with Draperies

Auguste Rodin (French), watercolor and graphite on ivory wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Dancing Figure, Auguste Rodin

Dancing Figure, 1905.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite and watercolor

National Gallery of Art, United States

Nude Figure on Hands and Knees (Executioner), Auguste Rodin

Nude Figure on Hands and Knees (Executioner), 1900–1910.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite with stumping and watercolor

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

You will not say that tonight, when you are in my arms … and I love you!, Auguste Rodin

You will not say that tonight, when you are in my arms … and I love you!, 1899–1900.

Tu ne diras pas cela, ce soir, quand tu seras dans mes bras… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

And yet, he said, I who speak to you, Milady … I am not just anybody, 1899–1900.

Et pourtant, dit-il, moi qui vous parle Milady … je ne suis… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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, Auguste Rodin

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, 1899–1900.

Et le nom de Clara, chuchoté de lèvres, de lit en lit, de… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Kneeling Male Nude, Auguste Rodin

Kneeling Male Nude, 1890–1910.

Auguste Rodin (French), graphite and watercolor on paper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Henri Becque, Auguste Rodin

Henri Becque, 1883–1887.

Auguste Rodin (French), drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Mother and Two Children, Auguste Rodin

Mother and Two Children, c. 1880.

Auguste Rodin (French), pen and brown ink, opaque watercolor, and graphite on paper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

A Man Embracing a Woman, Auguste Rodin

A Man Embracing a Woman, 1878–1881.

En mand der omfavner en kvinde (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French)

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sunset, Auguste Rodin

Sunset

Auguste Rodin (French), watercolor and graphite, with smudging, on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Works on paper by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), in the public domain: drawings, watercolors and prints held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Statens Museum for Kunst, the Rijksmuseum and other museums, each linked to its museum record. This page shows no sculpture. Only works that the museum attributes to Rodin himself are included; when a print exists in several impressions, only one is shown. The titles are those of the museums, with their translation.