Woman Dancing with Her Head Thrown Back, rear view
ca. 1890 - 1917
Rodin, the master sculptor behind The Thinker, surprisingly produced thousands of rapid drawings like this one to capture the human body in motion. Instead of using stiff, posed models, he asked dancers to move freely around his studio, sketching them quickly to freeze their energy on paper. This rear view of a dancer with her head thrown back perfectly shows his love for raw, unpolished movement over perfect anatomical detail, proving that even a sculptor loved the fleeting magic of a quick sketch.
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