Call Number:

C0195

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.45 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Auguste Rodin Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1880-1966 (inclusive) and 1900-1912 (bulk)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917.

Form:

Letters.

Abstract:

The Auguste Rodin Collection contains over fifty Rodin letters, cards, telegrams, and notes, of which about half are in the hand of the sculptor.

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was a renown French artist and sculptor.

Contains over fifty Rodin letters, cards, telegrams, and notes, of which about half are in the hand of the sculptor. Eleven letters to Arthur Symons illuminate Rodin's friendship with, and admiration of, the poet. A holograph manuscript, signed and dated 1906, is essentially a compilation of autobiographical notes prepared for the Academy of Berlin upon the artist's election to its membership. Another holograph manuscript, "La Tour du Travail," describes Rodin's plan for this sculpture (a work never completed) and includes a sketch, as do several of his notes and letters.