Rodin.. in America

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WaPo article about the French sculptor Auguste "The Thinker" Rodin and how his reputation has varied in this country.

Rodin never visited America, but he still seduced its art lovers

 

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During his lifetime (1840-1917) many of his works were considered too in-your-face, too sexed-up to speak about in polite American company. That early prudishness proved surprisingly resilient in the 20th century. When a leading Boston collector gave the MFA Boston a bronze of Rodin’s “Iris, Messenger of the Gods” — a headless, one-armed female figure with her legs spread — the work was deemed unexhibitable, consigned to storage and later deaccessioned...

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