Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin,
1840 Paris - 1917 Meudon, after
EVA
bronze casting, dark patinated.
Height: 78.5 cm.
Signed "A. Rodin" and dated "1881" on the base.
Brass bronze, cast and patinated. In each session, he confessed to his artist colleague Henri Ch. Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz (1852-1913), it had been necessary to re-model the figure's belly. Rodin soon understood why, because his model had been pregnant. He interpreted this as a sign of fate, since Eve was the first mother of mankind. Eva, like the thinker, was created in the course of a public commission for the portal of the planned Parisian Museum of Decorative Arts. It was not until 1899 that Eva was presented to the public as a single figure, where the figure's nonfinito impression caused controversial reception. (1240486) (1) (13) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Auguste Rodin,
1840 Paris - 1917 Meudon, after
EVA
bronze casting, dark patinated.
Height: 78.5 cm.
Signed "A. Rodin" and dated "1881" on the base.
Brass bronze, cast and patinated. In each session, he confessed to his artist colleague Henri Ch. Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz (1852-1913), it had been necessary to re-model the figure's belly. Rodin soon understood why, because his model had been pregnant. He interpreted this as a sign of fate, since Eve was the first mother of mankind. Eva, like the thinker, was created in the course of a public commission for the portal of the planned Parisian Museum of Decorative Arts. It was not until 1899 that Eva was presented to the public as a single figure, where the figure's nonfinito impression caused controversial reception. (1240486) (1) (13) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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