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Octave Mirbeau is an 1895 plaster relief by Auguste Rodin of the writer Octave Mirbeau, now in the Museo Soumaya.[1] He had got to know him thanks to The Age of Bronze and The Gates of Hell - Mirbeau visited Rodin's studio, published the first description of Gates in the review La France, promoted Rodin's other work and died only a few months before the sculptor.

Octave Mirabeau
Artist	Auguste Rodin
Year	1895
Medium	Plaster
Location	Museo Soumaya, Mexico City

Rodin mostró en varias ocasiones gratitud hacia el escritor quien desempeñó el importante papel de promotor de su obra: "Tú has hecho todo en mi vida, y tú has hecho el éxito".[2]

Mirbeau murió el 16 de febrero de 1917, unos meses antes que Auguste Rodin.[3]

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