Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917)
Gustav Mahler
1909
Bronze, 35.6 × 22.9 × 25.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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. (MET)
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Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917)
Gustav Mahler
Modeled 1909; cast 1926
Musée Rodin, Paris
See also:
• Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)