I have drawn all my life. I began with drawing: I have never stopped drawing. Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin: Drawings & Watercolours presents a panorama of Rodins graphic work, from the black drawings contemporaneous with the Gates of Hell to his great watercolour nudes. It reproduces 350 of the most beautiful drawings held in the collection at the Musée Rodin, as well as some from the most important foreign collections, a considerable number of which are published here for the first time. Two in-depth essays analyse this compelling body of work, one studying the complex relationships between Rodins drawings and sculptures, the other the problems of attribution and the role of sensuality in his work. Rodins rich, often sumptuous, graphic œuvre has until now been a little-known aspect of his art, yet is crucial to a full understanding of the great sculptors work. This book, the first on the subject in well over three decades, will be essential reading for Rodins many admirers everywhere.