Maria Peitcheva 
Rodin: Drawings Colour Plates 

Sketcher, painter, engraver, sculptor and collector, Auguste Rodin is recognized worldwide for the exceptional authenticity of his anatomical sculptures, but drawing was his means of discovering ‘truth’ in life and in art: for him ‘good’ drawing represented truth and simplicity in nature; ‘bad’ drawing was self-conscious, mannered in its representation, and often displayed an ignorance of nature or inexact observation with attempts to mask it with artifice. Rodin was a prolific draughtsman, producing some 10, 000 drawings.