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Auguste Rodin

The Genius of the Sculptor

c. 1880–83
pen and brown ink

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In other similar depictions of the theme seen in this drawing, Auguste Rodin depicted Genius as a woman.

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