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Auguste Rodin French
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Ascetic, sharp features give the composer an aristocratic look. Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) modeled for Rodin, though the sittings were difficult to endure for the nervous composer, who saw rest as "time wasted away from his work," as Alma Mahler remembered.
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Title: Gustav Mahler
Artist:
Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
Date: 1909
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 14 × 9 × 10 in. (35.6 × 22.9 × 25.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
Accession Number: 1999.363.73
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