Eternal Spring / Auguste Rodin
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.235
- Title
- Eternal Spring
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1917
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- 1884; cast 1898 - 1918
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Paris
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 4
- Paris
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Roby
- Inscription
- Inscribed right side of base c.: Rodin Foundry mark rear of base l.r.: F. BARBEDIENNE, Foudeur
- Dimensions
- 49 cm x 37 cm x 24 cm (19 5/16 in. x 14 9/16 in. x 9 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- casting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Physical Description
- Two nude figures embrace and kiss. The man is seated with his legs crossed as he bends to the side to embrace the woman, his arm under her shoulders. The woman, kneeling beside the man, arches upward and backwards to meet the bending figure of the man. The smooth modeling of the figures is contrasted by the more agitated modeling of the base and the support on which the man sits.
- Subject Matter
- Rodin felt that his works revealed the inner soul of the figure; and it is the emotion of the ardent embrace that informs the poses of these two lovers. Rodin was also an admirer of the sculpture of Michelangelo, and shares with the Italian master this quality of forcefully articulated nudes. Closely related to figures in his masterpiece "The Gates of Hell"--particularly in the female figure--this image of yearning and passion became one of the artist's most popular works and was carved in marble as well as cast in bronze.
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- man
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- women
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 1976/1.235
- Link to this Item
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"Eternal Spring; Auguste Rodin." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1976-sl-1.235/1976_1.235a.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
