Nude figure on hands and knees 1900-1910 Auguste Rodin French Rodin rarely included any setting or background in his drawings of female nudes. This example, however, belongs to a series in which he played with the aqueous quality of the watercolor medium to suggest a marine environment. He seems to have enjoyed the blotches and tide lines created by using too much water on his brush, actively seeking this effect in a number of drawings. This work was a gift to the Museum by Thomas Fortune Ryan, who also donated Beside the Sea (11.173.5), a marble sculpture of a similar subject.. Nude figure on hands and knees 339715