Choice ALS in French, signed “A. Rodin,” one page, 3.75 x 6, no date but postmarked December 1907. Letter to his longtime friend, fellow artist, and one-time model for Rodin, Emilia Cimino, in part (translated): “I have not forgotten your deep and enthusiastic understanding of my sculpture.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Rodin’s own hand. One of the numerous women in Rodin’s entourage, Cimino was one of his most outspoken artistic acquaintances. An excellent letter from their well-known correspondence (which is referred to several times in Ruth Butler’s biography Rodin: The Shape of Genius), holding a rare and desirable direct reference to “my sculpture.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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