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29 Auguste RODIN (1840-1917) L'Eternel Printemps - 4th reduction, 1884 Bronze sculpture with brown patina, sand cast Signed "Rodin" on the terrace. Marble base. Barbedienne fondeur, inscription in hollow and captioned on the base plate. "L'ETERNEL(LE) PRINTEMPS AUGUSTE RODIN 1840-1917". The letters VL, struck twice on the inside, indicate a workshop active around 1905-1910. 25 x 30 x 18 cm (without base) and 30.2 x 35 x 21.5 cm (with original marble base) Designed in 1884, this reduced size in 1898, this bronze proof by the Leblanc-Barbedienne foundry between 1905 and 1910. Will be included in the critical catalog of Auguste Rodin's sculptural work, currently being preparation at Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay. Bibliography : Antoinette Le Normand - Romain, Rodin et le bronze catalog des oeuvres conservées au Musée Rodin, Tome 1, page 334. Further bibliographies on request. The sculpture was created during the period of intense work on La Porte de l'Enfer (The Gates of Hell). too graceful a subject to be included. Exhibited at the 1898 Salon, it a great commercial success. Like Le Baiser, of which it is a kind of variant, its subject of which it is a kind of variant, its subject evokes the happiness of two young lovers. inspired by the passionate and tormented ten-year relationship between Rodin and Camille Claudel. The idea came to him while listening to Beethoven's Second Symphony. In this fusion of love, the man opens his torso, while the female figure (taken from inspired by Adèle Abruzzesi, one of Rodin's favorite models) is wildly arched. The beauty of this sculptural masterpiece lies in its ability to express in its ability to express a very sensual love, as the two figures literally merge into each other.
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