Auguste Rodin   (French, 1840-1917)

Femme Nue à Genoux circa 1900

crayon graphite, stump and watercolor on vélin paper 19 11/16 x 12 3/4 in. (50 x 32,4 cm.) dedicated an signed lower right: Paris (erased) / a mon ami / Matsouoka / Aug. Rodin / 30 Août 1913

Provenance The artist's collection until 1913 Shôzon Matsuoka Sale Hôtel Drouot, April 1, 1936, room 10, cat. 80, illus. Private collection

Literature Claudie Judrin, Le Japon et la Naissance du Dessin Moderne de Rodin, in exhibition catalogue: Rodin et le Japon, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, April 28-June 10, 2001; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 22-August 19, 2001), p. 25 illus. Christina Buley-Uribe, Catalogue Raisonné des Dessins et Peintures d'Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), catalogue in preparation, no. 80203

Exhibited Oeuvres sur Papier 1880-1980, Salon du Dessin, Paris, April 9-13, 2008 Oeuvres sur Papier 1880-1980, David & Associés, Paris, from April 15, 2008 to view the catalogue online: click here