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accession number:	1917.745
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Little Brother and Sister, 1916. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917). Marble; overall: 56.6 cm (22 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Salmon P. Halle 1917.745

title:				Little Brother and Sister
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creation date:			1916
creation date earliest:		1916
creation date latest:		1916
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creditline:			Gift of Salmon P. Halle
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culture:	France, early 20th Century
technique:	marble
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 56.6 cm (22 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed on base beneath figures: "A. Rodin"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Salmon P. Halle
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wall description: 
Rodin spent years exploring new ways of representing the human emotions of love and affection experienced at different stages of life. The bodies and gestures of the children here suggest an innocent foreshadowing of the mature couple in the artist’s celebrated sculpture <em>The Kiss </em>of 1882. Both works feature a strong tactile contrast between the rough-hewn lower area and the smooth surfaces of the nude body above. Upwardly spiraling forms, combined with shifting areas of light and shadow, infuse the sculpture with dynamic energy.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Modern Sculpture at the Museum." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 6 (1917): 108-09.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 108-109
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136110

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 7 (1917): 135-37.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 135
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136133

	"Rodin Memorial Exhibition." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 9 (1917): 162-63.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Front Matter; Mentioned: pp. 162-163
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136150

	"Report of the Museum's Second Year." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 6/7 (1918): 69-79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 70
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25136208

	Tacha, Athena. <em>Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 100, cat. no. XVI; Reproduced: p. [68], Plate 84
	url:		https://archive.org/details/RodinSculpture/page/n114

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