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This is a reproduction of a Rodin's Eternal Springtime in the Rodin Museum, Paris. The original bronze sculpture was modeled in 1884 and cast around 1916-7. The torso of the woman in this group is recognizable as that of a model named Adele Abruzzezzi. Rodin used her repeatedly, and she also appears in a very different context in The Gates of Hell. Eternal Springtime is full of awakening sensuality, implying neither guilt nor punishment to come. The sculpture was extremely popular, and Rodin repeated it often both in marble and in bronze.

This version displays the sensuous, veiled quality of carving that creates an impressionistic play of light and shade characteristic of the sculptures of Rodin's later career. The two young nude figures meet in a kiss. Her legs graze the ground and her upper body is held in a taut arc and supported by the embrace of the male figure. He is posed precariously on the edge of a rocky mound, crossing his legs, and extending his left foot beyond the base of the sculpture as his left arm reaches out gracefully into space.

Made from cultured marble with resin, bronze finish, 10"H x 11"L.

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Related Categories: Nudes , Romance, Love , Auguste Rodin , Male & Female , 20th-Century