Despair, Known as Despair from the Gates (Le Désespoir dit de la Porte)
European Art
This small female figure pulling one foot up to meet her bowed head appears three times in the right panel of The Gates of Hell. Her acrobatic pose reflects Rodin’s interest in dance, as well as his desire to capture expressive postures not typically seen in academic sculpture.
CAST BY
Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
1880–1889, cast 1959
DIMENSIONS
7 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 in., 2 lb. (18.4 × 8.9 × 9.5 cm, 0.91kg) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Back, proper right, bottom: "Georges Rudier/Fondeur. Paris"
Back, bottom: "© by Musée Rodin 1959"
SIGNATURE
Proper left, bottom: "A. Rodin"
Interior, stamped in raised letters: "A. Rodin"
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
84.75.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Despair, Known as Despair from the Gates (Le Désespoir dit de la Porte), 1880–1889, cast 1959. Bronze, 7 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 in., 2 lb. (18.4 × 8.9 × 9.5 cm, 0.91kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 84.75.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.75.2_PS2.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 11/12
IMAGE
overall, 84.75.2_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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