RODIN

Throughout his career, Rodin maintained a special relationship with the photographic medium. He was probably one of the first artist s to understand the importance of photography in order to better promote his sculptures, thus leaving in his wake a vast array of do cumentary images and reproductions relating to his oeuvre. Writing to Edward Steichen about Steichens famous images of his Monument to Balzac, Rodin said, You will make my Balzac understood by the world through these photographs. In this handsome slipcased volu me, French ...[Read more]