Rodin Sculptures. With 95 illustrations. Selected by Ludwig Goldscheider. Photographs by Ilse Schneider-Lengyel. Introduction by Sommerville Story. Published by Phaidon Publishers Inc and distributed by New York Graphic Society Publishers Ltd. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 126 pages. Measures about 8 15/16" x 12 1/16".

This dust jacket has an edge tear about 3/4" long near the top-right corner of the front cover, and wear to the hinge on the front side of the spine. The cover of the book itself has some fading or discoloration. The interior of the book is clean, with no bookplates, ink names, pen/pencil notations, or similar flaws. The photographs are striking.

François Auguste René Rodin (1840 – 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell.

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