Gallery Edition – Femme assise sur un lit, avec carafe et bougeoir by Auguste Rodin – 44×57 Interior Architectural Study

Curatorial Narrative In the early twentieth century, Auguste Rodin’s “Femme assise sur un lit, avec carafe et bougeoir” (1900) exemplifies the Modernist ethos of stripping away extraneous detail to reveal the essence of the human form. Through his innovative technique of fragmenting and reassembling the body, Rodin distills the feminine figure into a series of soft, curvilinear volumes that appear to unfold from the canvas like a sculptural maquette. The palette, characterized by soft pinks and beiges with subtle red accents, imbues the atmosphere with a sense of intimacy and containment, as if the subject’s private realm has been temporarily breached.When scaled up to 44×57 inches, the chromatic structure of “Femme assise sur un lit” assumes an architectural quality, its spatial rhythm governing the surrounding environment. The soft brushwork and minimalist composition conspire to create a sense of spatial depth that draws the view