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

A splendid creature whom I had loved the day before

Une splendide créature que j'avais aimée la veille (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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NudeWomanBodyGroupFigureArmHandBackHairBunHead of hairFaceChestBrownPinkBeigeOutlineLineLithographPrintSignatureTorsoKneeThigh
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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
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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 …
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And yet, he said, I who speak to you, Milady … I am not just anybody
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She was hung by the wrists from an iron hook