Dernier Soupier, 1902

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ArtistAuguste Rodin, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon

Marble

(H x W x D)41 × 47 × 30 cm

Place of originFrance

Status

on display, room 016

About the workThe closed eyes and half-open mouth illustrate the exact moment when the life force is extinguished. With this radical sculpture, Auguste Rodin finally broke away from the ossified beauty ideals of academy art in Paris. By means of a design that was as provocative as it was lifelike, he lent the onset of death a dramatic yet emotional vividness. To achieve this tension, Rodin used an expressive clash of finely carved and roughly hewn areas.

AccessionGift 1904

Provenance[...]; bis spätestens 1904 Witwe von Louis Haniel; 1904 erworben durch Schenkung von Vorgenannter

Inventory numberP 1952-175

Naturalism
Symbolism

Contact

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