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L'Homme qui Marche

Artist Auguste Rodin (Paris, France, 1840 - 1917)

Date1877

Mediumbronze on art gallery base

ClassificationsSculptures

DimensionsOverall: Height: 84 cm, Width: 60 cm, Depth: 27 cm
Plinth Size: Height: 86 cm, Width: 71.5 cm, Depth: 48.5 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1953 with income from the Webster Bequest.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationOn Display - Gallery 10

Object numberABDAG004689

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About MeIn his figurative sculptures Rodin creates not merely a personal view of the human form and anatomy but also a fully comprehensive statement about the whole condition of mankind. This armless, headless figure is the sculptor's recognition of the expressive possibilities in a modern work, yet evokes classical sculpture of the past, broken and fragmented by the ravages of time.

The creation of this figure was in itself fragmentary, for it is thought to have been constructed from two separate studies made at a much earlier date. Whereas the legs were probably done from the living model, the torso seems to have been inspired by a Michelangelo drawing.

In 1875, after seeing the works of Michelangelo, Rodin wrote to Bourdelle: 'Michelangelo freed me from academicism'.

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The first cast of this model was made in 1877, but this particular version was commissioned in 1951 by the Rodin Museum and produced by Rodin's original foundry.

Exhibitions

Gallery 10 - French Impressions