Rodin Eternal Spring Marble

At roadshow s 2016 visit to fort worth texas a guest named james brought in an auguste rodin bronze sculpture that belonged to his father s great aunt.

Rodin eternal spring marble.

Based on auguste rodin s french 1840 1917 original our exquisite reproduction of eternal spring was created with a combination of three dimensional imaging. 1884 sculpture by the french artist auguste rodin depicting a pair of lovers it was created at the same time as the gates of hell and originally intended to be part of it. 1881 carved 1907. Value 2016 450 000 auction 500 000 auction.

At the centre of rodin s universe was the woman as an inspiring muse the source and destiny of everything. Fletcher displays the soft veiled quality of carving associated with rodin s late marbles. Like the kiss of which it is a sort of variant its subject evokes the happiness of two young lovers a euphoria too inappropriate for the tragedy being played out on the gates with its rhythmic movement reminiscent of 18th. The marble carving of the metropolitan museum s eternal spring 1906 7 has a sensuous veiled quality that creates an impressionistic play of light and shade on the surface characteristic of the marbles of rodin s later career.

Rodin originally conceived of eternal springtime as part of the gates of hell one of the representations of paolo malatesta and francesca da polenta but did not. Auguste rodin s l eternel printemps eternal springtime marble sculpture of lovers fetched more than 20 million at auction a record for the french sculptor at sotheby s in new york. Eternal spring was born of the reworking of just such a detail a metamorphosis bringing to life smoothly polished forms as they slowly disengage from the block of raw marble and assume the figures of two people. It was my father s great aunt s sculpture and.

This marble version commissioned in 1906 by the railroad investor and banker isaac d. Salon of 1897 as cupid and psyche the composition s true subject is sensuality and impassioned lovemaking. Read appraisal transcript. Rodin originally intended for the work to feature in the gates of hell the monumental sculptural group depicting a scene from dante s inferno commissioned in 1880.

My absolute all time fave is the august rodin sculpture eternal spring it blows my mind that someone can envision such incredible detail and beauty fro. Auguste rodin eternal spring bronze ca. Conceived in 1884 eternal spring is one of the french sculptor s best loved subjects and is regarded as one of the masterpieces of his mature career.