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Recently I have taken to isolating limbs, the torso. Why am I blamed for it? Why is the head allowed and not portions of the body? Every part of the human figure is expressive.

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Auguste Rodin
Age: 77 †
Born: 1840
Born: November 12
Died: 1917
Died: November 17
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Photographer
Sculptor
Paris
France
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