The Athlete (Rodin) Explained

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The Athlete
Artist:	Auguste Rodin
Year:	1901 to 1904

The Athlete is a 1901-1904 black-patina bronze sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin^[1] It measures 39,4 × 27,5 × 24,3 cm.^[2]

Development

The model for it was Samuel Stockton White III,^[3] a member of the gymnastics teams at Princeton University and the University of Cambridge.^[4] White recalled:

Similar works

During the same period Rodin also produced The American Athlete, with more exaggerated musculature and its head turned to the right. He presented both works to their model. Despite several variants, they are both lesser-known works of Rodin.^[5]

Another version of this bronze called "The Athlete" (1901-4, cast 1959), with the head turned to the left, is preserved at The Kreeger Museum in Washington D.C. It measures 18 x 13 x 12 1/2 inches (45,7 x 33,0 x 31,7 cm).^[6]

See also

• List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin

Notes and References

1. Web site: The American Athlete . 2017-11-17 . Rodin Museum . Philadelphia.
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3. Web site: 2021-05-07 . Samuel Stockton White, III. . 2024-03-12 . geni_family_tree . en-US.
4. Museo Soumaya. Fundación Carlos Slim, México, 2015, p. 139.
5. Balius iJuli, Ramón (Junio de 2009). «El atleta de Auguste Rodin». Apunts Med Esport.
6. Web site: Permanent Collection The Kreeger Museum : The Athlete - Rodin . 2024-03-12 . www.kreegermuseum.org.