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02413

RODIN, Auguste

Paris 1840 - Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine 1917

Maker: Godard, E.

L'Adolescent désespéré

Despairing Youth [Museum's Title: Despairing Adolescent]

modeled c. 1881-1885, cast 1980

bronze no.7, lost wax cast [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 17 316 x 5 12 x 5 58 in.

signed on the right side of the supporting stone: A. Rodin / N°7
marks on the back edge of the base: E. GODARD FONDr
marks on the left edge of the base: © BY MUSÉE RODIN 1980

Acc. No.: 1986.37.2

Credit Line: Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 1986

Photo credit: www.metmuseum.org, August 19, 2011

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Provenance

  • 1979, November 29, Commissioned by the Musée Rodin, Paris [D17 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1980, February 11, Invoice and delivery date [D17, 1E11.2 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1980, February 13, Payment date [D9RE16 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1980, June 12, Private Collection [D42, D9 RE16, ACHD121 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
  • 1986, Gift of B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation

Bibliography

  • 2007 Le Normand-Romain (français)
    Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, avec la collaboration d'Hélène Marraud et Diane Tytgat, introductions par Dr. Ruth Butler et Mr. Régis Cusinberche, Rodin et le bronze. Catalogue des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, 2 volumes, Paris, Musée Rodin / Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, vol. 1, pp.119-120, L'Adolescent désespéré, vers 1882, cet exemplaire non mentionné dans ce catalogue
  • 2007 Le Normand-Romain (English)
    Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, with the collaboration of Hélène Marraud and Diane Tytgat, introductions by Dr. Ruth Butler and Mr. Régis Cusinberche, The Bronzes of Rodin. Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, 2 volumes, English version, Paris, Musée Rodin / Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, vol. 1, pp.119-120, Despairing Youth, c. 1882, this bronze not mentioned in this catalogue
  • 2017 Blanchetière
    François Blanchetière, L’Enfer selon Rodin, éditions du musée Rodin, édition Norma, Paris, 2017, cat. 76

Exhibitions

  • 1981 New York
    August Rodin, New York, B. G. Cantor Sculpture Center, 1981, p. 50

    1986 New York
    The B. Gerald Cantor Collection, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 19-June 15, 1986, catalogue by Joan Vita Miller and Gary Marotta, p. no. , ill.

    1996 Vienna
    Auguste Rodin: Eros und Leidenschaft, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Palais Harrach, May 21-August 26, 1996, p. 238-239, no. 70, ill.

    2007 Berlin
    French Masterpieces of the 19th century from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, 31 May-7 October, 2007