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.
Rodin showed on several occasions gratitude towards the writer who played the important role of promoter of his work.[2]
Death
Mirbeau died on 16 February 1917, a few months before Auguste Rodin.[3]
