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Rodin Museum Gateway
Rodin Museum Gateway
1929 (year of building)
* seated and reclining
people
(cherubs,
unfinished headless person),
head scarf,
scales and other tools,
plants,
musical instrument
* inscription:
This architectural fragment is a reproduction
of parts of the old Chateau Dissy
re-erected by Auguste Rodin at Meudon, France
near the studio where most of his work was done.
This replica of the Rodin Memorial
at Meudon was chosen by Jules E. Mastbaum
for the gateway to the Museum.
* Entrance.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961600,-75.174400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+rodinmuseum.org