—On Paper

This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the Art Institute of Chicago May 26 to September 8

including altars

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"Clottes' commentary is clear

Auguste Rodin Sale Books —On PaperRainer Maria Rilke Auguste Rodin (18401917) had been widely known for decades when the young Bohemian Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke traveled to Paris to interview him for an essay to be published in a German art book series. Intensely sensitive to art, and in particular to the irreducible power of objects, Rilke responded to Rodins work in prose of great lyricism and clarity. His essay, a sustained and deeply personal meditation on Rodins