RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French sculptor. A.L.S., Rodin, to the recto of a plain correspondence card, n.p. (Paris?), n.d. (c.1890-95), to Henri Mazel, in French. Rodin thanks his correspondent for having sent him a copy of the review L´Ermitage, remarking that it ´ce qui m´a permis de lire Azur et Oz votre poesie, qui est une admirable broderie de sentiments delicieux et dont j´aurais pu faire profit pour ma sculpture´ (Translation: ´enabled me to read Azur and Oz, your poetry, which is an admirable embroidery of delicious feelings and which I could have used for my sculpture´). A few small, minor ink smudges to a few words and one letter of the signature. VGHenri Mazel (1864-1947) French journalist, playwright and poet who founded the important literary review L´Ermitage in 1890, continuing as its editor until 1895.