yes, -- I think it was a yes ------------------ this one (stone, done when 16 years old - he didn't like stone)
yes, Rodin probably did influence him - it's hard to tell, because he didn't talk about it --
I looked at the feet - didn't see any Rodin look ---------- what I did notice was that he was pretty good at hands often - and for ages - he has the same same nose shape - like a pointy triangle
