Auguste Rodin's best sculptures

Nov 12, 2012 15:28pm

People look at work by French artist Auguste Rodin during the opening of the "Rodin, the Naked Body" exhibition in Madrid May 13, 2008.
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Auguste Rodin's sculpture The Thinker sits outside the Philosophy Department on the campus of Columbia University in New York, October 5, 2009.
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Rodin's sculpture 'Eve, grand modele-version sans rocher', valued at $9-12 million, is seen at a press preview for Christie's New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale and Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale May 1, 2008 in New York City.
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Britain's Jane Wright looks at the Rodin sculpture "Iris" at the Royal Academy of Arts in central London, September 19, 2006.
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An employee poses for photographers next to "Nympheas" by Claude Monet, behind the sculpture L'age d'airain by Auguste Rodin, at Christie's auction house in London June 3, 2010.
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People walk near Salvador Dali's sculpture The Triumphant Angel at the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City March 30, 2011. The world's richest man Carlos Slim inaugurated the massive museum to house his eclectic collection of art ranging from pre-Hispanic pieces to sculptures by French masters.
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A man looks at a sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin during the opening of the "Rodin, the Naked Body" exhibition in Madrid May 13, 2008.
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French sculptor Francois Auguste Rene Rodin (1840 - 1917) in his museum at Meudon.
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A journalist stands behind the sculpture "Adam" by Auguste Rodin at the gallery "Neue Nationalgalerie" in Berlin May 30, 2007. Some 150 French art masterpieces of the 19th century belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) on New York's Fifth Avenue go on show in Berlin.
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People walk near Auguste Rodin's sculpture The Bronze Age at the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City March 30, 2011. The world's richest man Carlos Slim inaugurated the massive museum in to house his eclectic collection of art ranging from pre-Hispanic pieces to sculptures by French masters.
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People look at the sculpture "L'Age d'Airain" (1875-1877) by sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) which is displayed at Christie's auction house in Paris November 28, 2011.
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Rodin's group of figures called 'The Burghers of Calais', representing the six citizens of Calais who surrendered to King Edward III in 1347 to save their town from destruction during the Hundred Years' War. They are located in Victoria Tower Gardens, London.
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'The Burghers of Calais' by Auguste Rodin, located in Victoria Tower Gardens, London, July 1915. They represent the six citizens of Calais who surrendered to King Edward III in 1347 to save their town from destruction during the Hundred Years' War.
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'The Thinker' by French sculptor Auguste Rodin during the press launch of the Rodin exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts on September 19, 2006 in London, England.
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A cast of Rodin's sculpture 'The Burghers of Calais' stands in Victoria Tower Gardens in front of The House of Lords on January 26, 2009 in London.
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A cast of Rodin's sculpture 'The Burghers of Calais' stands in Victoria Tower Gardens in front of The House of Lords on January 26, 2009 in London.
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A photographer takes pictures of one of the sculptures, an art work by Auguste Rodin, as part of "Great Master of Sculpture Rodin in Istanbul" at the Sabanci Museum in Istanbul June 12, 2006.
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The sculpture "Masque de l'homme au nez casse, version de type I" (before 1881) by sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is displayed at Christie's auction house in Paris November 28, 2011.
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A sculpture titled 'Monumental Head of Pierre de Wissant' by Auguste Rodin is seen at the Tiancheng auction house's preview in Hong Kong November 24, 2011.
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