“It’s like a 3D work. We have to turn it around”. Grégoire Hallé, gets carried away when he presents the sculpture of Auguste Rodin which sits in the old chapel of the Museum of Fine Arts in Chartres.
premium Rodin and Huysmans celebrate Chartres Cathedral
This Friday evening, the site’s curator, accompanied by the City’s cultural assistant, Isabelle Vincent, presented the new double exhibition which runs until October 2.
Some sketches come from a private collection
Cathedrala bronze from 1908 representing two joined right hands, was loaned by the Rodin Museum.
Presented behind glass from the entrance, it serves as a prelude to another exhibition, much more extensive: that devoted to the original drawings of Charles Jouas, which illustrate the first editions of the novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Cathedral.
premium An exhibition by sculptor Auguste Rodin to celebrate Chartres Cathedral
Sixty-two engravings, prints or etchings are offered to the public. Some sketches come from the private collection of a Chartrain.
Even more astonishing, a manuscript, written by the author’s hands in 1897, is also on display.
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“This heritage treasure was acquired by the City last April, during a sale at Drouot. We bought it for around €20,000,” explains Isabelle Vincent. After the exhibition, this work of imposing dimensions will join the collections of the Apostrophe media library.
Until October 2 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Chartres. Prices: €6 and €3. Open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m.
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