Magnet Rodin - The Cathedral

This magnet was published on the occasion of the "Picasso - Rodin" exhibition at the Musée national Picasso-Paris and the Rodin Museum.

Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)
The Cathedral, 1908 - Assembly of two right hands in stone - H. 64; W. 29.5; D. 31.8 cm - Paris, Rodin Museum

Carved in stone and still ...
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This magnet was published on the occasion of the "Picasso - Rodin" exhibition at the Musée national Picasso-Paris and the Rodin Museum.

Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)
The Cathedral, 1908 - Assembly of two right hands in stone - H. 64; W. 29.5; D. 31.8 cm - Paris, Rodin Museum

Carved in stone and still covered in toolmarks, The Cathedral is a combination of two right hands, belonging to two different figures.
It was entitled The Ark of the Covenant, before being named The Cathedral, very probably after the publication of Rodin's Les Cathédrales de France, in 1914.

Parallels may be drown between the mysterious inner space that seems to emanate from the composition and Gothic architecture.
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