Crouching Woman Explained

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Crouching Woman
Artist:	Auguste Rodin
Year:	1880–1882
Type:	Bronze
Height Metric:	95.3
Width Metric:	70.2
Length Metric:	61.6
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates:	38.8891°N -77.023°W
Owner:	Smithsonian Institution

Crouching Woman is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin.^[1]

Versions

Originally modeled in 1880 - 1882, and enlarged in 1907 - 1911, it was cast in 1962.^[2] It is in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.^[3] The Portland Art Museum has a copy in its Evan H. Roberts Memorial Sculpture Collection.^[4]

See also

• List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
• List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2

External links

• Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. which contains material on Crouching Woman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rodin works . Rodin-web.org . 2014-03-22.
2. Web site: Hirshhorn Museum: Crouching Woman sculpture by Rodin in Washington, D.C. by Francois Auguste Rene Rodin . Dcmemorials.com . 2014-03-22 . 2016-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160609214103/http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000455.htm . dead .
3. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!373125~!0#focus "Crouching Woman, (sculpture)"
4. Web site: Crouching Woman . Portland Art Museum.