CROUCHING WOMAN

Location: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Artist: Auguste Rodin

Crouching Woman is a bronze sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). It can be found in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and depicts a female figure crouching with her head turned in profile to the left. The figure is representative of the raw eroticism expressed in some of Rodin’s works during this period.