Here we see a personal and private expression of emotion in an intensely felt interpretation of Eve's shame and modesty. The life-size bronze figure turns in on herself and is closed, still, and rooted in the earth. Like the Thinker, Eve was one of the figures associated with the Gates of Hell.
Details
Artist | Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917 |
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Foundry | Alexis Rudier Foundry, French, 1874 - 1952 |
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Date | 1881 |
Medium | bronze |
Dimensions | Overall: 68 1/2 × 21 × 24 inches (174 × 53.3 × 61 cm) |
Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund |
Accession Number | 53.145 |
Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
On View | Modern C235, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Signed | Signed, on base: A Rodin. |
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Inscriptions | Inscribed, on base: Rudier, fondeur, Paris. |
Provenance
Alexis Rudier (Paris, France);
1953-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1953-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA 33, 1 (1953-1954): p. 14 (ill.).
Aubert, M. Rodin. Paris,1952 (pl. 21).
Tancock, John L. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 148-157. [Detroit cast cited on p. 156]
Aubert, M. Rodin. Paris,1952 (pl. 21).
Tancock, John L. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Philadelphia, 1976, pp. 148-157. [Detroit cast cited on p. 156]