"Rodin in the United States" at The Clark through 9/18

By Sarah LaDuke

Published August 12, 2022 at 11:33 AM EDT

L-R:
Bust of St. John the Baptist, original model 1880, cast by Francois Rudier 1883, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1983 (93.11)
Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson), 1903. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.16
Hanako (Type A), 1907. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor. Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckles, 1941.34.7 — Works by Rodin - L-R: Bust of St. John the Baptist, original model 1880, cast by Francois Rudier 1883, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1983 (93.11) Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson), 1903. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1942.5.16 Hanako (Type A), 1907. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor. Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckles, 1941.34.7

This summer, The Clark in Williamstown, Massachusetts, presents “Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern” - an exhibition that explores how American collectors embraced the French artist’s art over time. The exhibition was guest curated by independent scholar Antoinette Le Normand-Romain.

Esther Bell is the Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator of the Clark Art Institute - and just this week it was announced that she has also been appointed as The Clark’s Deputy Director. She leads us on an audio tour.

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Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.

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