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Auguste Rodin, French - (1840-1917)
Rodin has been appreciated for decades as one of the pre-eminent Realist sculptors of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century. Rodin's goal, as he put it, was "to render inner feelings through muscular movement." He achieved this aim by joining his profound knowledge of anatomy and movement with special attention to the body's surfaces, saying, "The sculptor must learn to reproduce the surface, which means all that vibrates on the surface, soul, love, passion, life...Sculpture is thus the art of hollows and mounds, not of smoothness, or even polished planes." To this end, his detailed modeling and energetic poses are strikingly vigorous and lifelike...even one hundred years after they were created.
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Study for "The Secret"
French, late 19th-century. By Auguste Rodin. In this sculptural study for “The Secret” from the late 19th century, Rodin enchants us with the magical anticipation of these two hands about to clasp. Made from lost wax cast bronze, black marble base, 13 1/4”H x 8 5/8”W x 6”D. TAL770M $385
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Danaid by Rodin
Rodin intended La Danaide to be a panel in his massive work entitled The Gates of Hell, a depiction of those that were condemned to eternal damnation. In Greek mythology Danaide and her forty-nine sisters were married to the fifty sons of Aegyptus. At the command of their father Danaus the fifty daughters murdered their husbands on the first night of their marriage. As punishment for this horrendous crime they were compelled in The Realm of the Dead to fill a container with water but the leading jug could never be filled. Rodin saw the opportunity in this Greek myth of portraying utter exhaustion in a female body, the complete collapse of Danaide from the endless and futile effort of her assignment. Expressing the human body in all possible positions was a life-long fascination for Rodin. The Danaide was executed during a period when Rodin was exploring the female nude in recumbent postures. Rodin has been appreciated for decades as one of the pre-eminent Realist sculptors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century. Rodin's goal, as he put it, was "to render inner feelings through muscular movement."
Made from cultured marble in a antique stone finish, measures 7.5"L x 4.5"D x 4"H.
T-007S, $49
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La Danaïde (1885) by Auguste Rodin
The Danaid was executed during a period when Rodin was exploring the female nude in recumbent postures. It is another work which was originally conceived to be part of the sculptural commission for the Doors of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, The Gates of Hell.
Sculpture of the mythological figure Danaide, one of the daughters of King Danaos. Her streamline curves and sensuous posture entice and arouse. According to Greek mythology, the Danaides were the fifty daughters of King Danaos of Argos, who was in conflict with his brother Aegyptos, father of fifty sons. The fifty sons went to Argos to propose marriage to the Danaides as a conciliatory gesture towards Danaos. Danaos resented his brother and ordered his daughters to murder their bridegrooms on their wedding night. They proceeded, except all but one. As a result of their crimes, the Danaides were sentenced to the underworld where their unending penance was to fill pierced jugs.
Collectible quality, resin with hand-painted color details, matte and glossy finish. Measures 5.5 in. x 3.5 in. x 2.5 in. RO03, $34
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Danaid
Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917) was exploring the female nude in recumbent postures. It is similar to the better-known Andromeda, which was created in the same year. This reproduction by Auguste Rodin is now showcased in the collection, Made from Bonded white carrara marble, gallery quality reproduction.
Auguste Rodin, 1885. Bonded white carrara marble, signed, imported from Italy.
Measures 15"L x 10"W x 8"H TAL811 $225
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Bather by Rodin
As an artist who adored women, because he adored nature, Rodin turned to women as his main subject of observation. He never started from predetermined subjects but chose, depending on the young women who posed for him, the postures likely to give the body the most expression. I do not create, he said, I see and it is because I see that I am capable of making. This is why he did not burden himself with heads or feet or hands. And although during the first part of his career, he was obliged to earn his living by producing sensual figures, which often echoed 18th century art, to please his art patrons, after about 1895 he gradually eliminated all that he considered to be trivial or useless. The study of sculpture taught him that the more a form is condensed the more it acquires power. Life is in the contours, the soul of the sculpture is in the piece. This is a reproduction of a bronze sculpture made in 1885, based on the kneeling Faun in the Tympanum from The Gates Of Hell, a decorative door for the future Museum of Decorative Arts (Musee des Beaux Arts), to be decorated with sculptures inspired by The Divine Comedy of Dante.
Made from cultured marble in a bronze finish, on a marble base, measures 8"H.
T-009BM, $49
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Balzac by Auguste Rodin
In 1891 Rodin received a commission from the Societé des Gens de Lettres (Society of Men of Letters) to create a monument to Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), one of France's most influential yet controversial writers. Over seven years, Rodin made numerous sculptural studies and drawings. Upon presenting it to the committee, it was met with outrage and refused.
Portrait by Rodin of Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), one of France's most influential yet controversial writers. "...Well, Balzac was politically a legitimist; his great work is a constant elegy on the irreparable decay of good society; his sympathies are with the class that is doomed to extinction. But for all that, his satire is never keener, his irony never more bitter, than when he sets in motion the very men and women with whom he sympathizes most deeply - the nobles..." (Friedrich Engels in 1888)
Collectible quality, resin with hand-painted color details, matte and glossy finish. Measures 8.75 in. x 3.5 in. x 3.5 in. RO05, $56
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