''The Athlete'' is a 1901-1904 black-patina bronze sculpture by the French artist
Auguste Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
It measures 39,4 × 27,5 × 24,3 cm.
Development
The model for it was Samuel Stockton White III, a member of the gymnastics teams at
Princeton University
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and the
University of Cambridge
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. 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.
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).
See also
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List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
References
External links
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Sculptures by Auguste Rodin
1904 sculptures
Nude sculptures