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拍品 600
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
L'éternel printemps, second état, troisième réduction
已結束2008年6月25日
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GBP 217,250
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The Comité Auguste Rodin under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay will include this work in their forthcoming Rodin Catalogue critique de l'oeuvre sculpté under the number 2007V1I789B.
Originally conceived for the Gates of Hell but not included in the final composition, L'éternel printemps was one of Rodin's most popular compositions and one of the sculptor's greatest commercial successes. Exhibited at the Salon of 1897, the work is also entitled Zephyr and the Earth and Cupid and Pysche. In fact, one can make out traces of wings on the man's back identifying him as Cupid. As with many of his great figural groupings, Rodin developed the characters of the amourous couple from earlier works; the figure of the woman is based on Torse d'Adèle, which appears on the top left corner of the tympanum of the Gates of Hell.
Due to its immediate popularity, Rodin executed a second version of L'éternel printemps, with an extended base and a rocky outcrop to support the left arm and outstretched leg of the male figure. This version became the model for the Barbedienne casts which were originally produced in three sizes from 1898.
Originally conceived for the Gates of Hell but not included in the final composition, L'éternel printemps was one of Rodin's most popular compositions and one of the sculptor's greatest commercial successes. Exhibited at the Salon of 1897, the work is also entitled Zephyr and the Earth and Cupid and Pysche. In fact, one can make out traces of wings on the man's back identifying him as Cupid. As with many of his great figural groupings, Rodin developed the characters of the amourous couple from earlier works; the figure of the woman is based on Torse d'Adèle, which appears on the top left corner of the tympanum of the Gates of Hell.
Due to its immediate popularity, Rodin executed a second version of L'éternel printemps, with an extended base and a rocky outcrop to support the left arm and outstretched leg of the male figure. This version became the model for the Barbedienne casts which were originally produced in three sizes from 1898.