A Woman and Child
Auguste Rodin
- Art Funded
- 1905
- Dimensions
- 12 x 8 cm
- Presented by
- Claude Phillips through The Art Fund
A nude woman and child with the woman half-leaning against a surface on the left and supporting the child.
The design was for a group-wash drawing. The unusual technique has been related to Rodin's early training in the Sèvres porcelain factory, where a process of building up white slips on a dark base was practised. Claude Phillips, who gave the drawing to the British Museum, was one of Rodin's earliest English supporters, and a co-founder of the Art Fund in 1903. This is one of two drawings presented to the museum by the donor.