Creation
Auguste Rodin
French, 1840–1917
1855
An etching in which Rodin compresses a muscular, striding nude bearing a writhing cluster of infant-like forms, dramatizing the physical and emotional force of 'creation'.
What strikes you first is the dense bundle of rounded heads and limbs balanced on a single powerful torso, rendered with quick, sculptural lines that float in a wide, empty space.
An early work that translates Rodin’s sculptural interest in mass, movement, and psychological intensity into printmaking, pointing toward the expressive handling of the human body that helped define modern art.
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 5 13/16 x 3 15/16" (14.8 x 10 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 9 1/4" (29 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Accession
447.1954
Palette
Exhibitions
