Rodin Works: Sèvres vases: The Night, Vase of the Titans, Saigon Vase |
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The new
director, Charles Lauth, disapproved of Rodin's work and ordered to throw
one of
his first two vases away. But the other vase, titled 'L´Elements', attracted
such positive public
attention that Lauth wass forced to give it a worthy place in the Sèvres
Museum. According to Roger Marx,
the work at the porcelain factory helped Rodin to overcome the resentment
caused by his bitter experiences in The base of 'Vase of the Titans' shows how Rodin experimented with different poses of sitting male characters; these Titans can be considered as studies for his famous sculpture 'The Thinker'.
The 'Saigon Vase' shows a kneeling female character, elbows bent upwards, that we recognize again in 'The Kneeling Fauness'.
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