Rare Autographs, Books and Manuscripts
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A wonderful handwritten letter, in French, on French sculptor Auguste Rodin's personal stationery. The letter is dated June 20, 1911. Rodin writes in part: " ... Your dear friendship is precious to her Grace the Duchess and myself. think that we have some visits for tomorrow, but if you can invite us in a few days, we will be happy to be with you ... Auguste Rodin." The year that this letter was written was an important one for Rodin as it was then that the Rodin Museum In Paris was founded. Lovely presentation in cream moire hand wrapped silk and framed in pewter with an archival photograph of the artist. A full museum conservation framing has been employed to preserve and protect this piece. Rodin, Auguste (1840 - 1917) French sculptor, often considered the greatest of his day. Through his work he freed sculpture from the idealizing conventions of the time by his realistic treatment of the human figure, introducing a new boldness of style and expression. Examples are "Le Penseurffhe Thinker" 1880, "Le Baiserffhe Kiss "1886 (marble version in the Louvre, Paris), and "Les Bourgeois de Calaisffhe Burghers of Calais" 1884-1886 (copy in Embankment Gardens, Westminster, Londo
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