Study for Obsession

Auguste Rodin

modeled ca. 1896, cast before 1912 · Cast plaster · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Among the most telling of the gifts Rodin made to The Met in acknowledgment of the Museum’s acquisition of his sculptures, this study of a nude woman, rendered almost abstract by enclosure, announces the impenetrable mystery of the female form that so obsessed Rodin.

Artist

Auguste Rodin

Date

modeled ca. 1896, cast before 1912

Medium

Cast plaster

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Auguste Rodin, 1912