id:			146869
accession number:	1972.278
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.278
updated:		2023-08-23 22:24:13.701000

Les Damnées, 1885–1895. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bronze; overall: 25.6 x 41.9 x 27 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn 1972.278

title:				Les Damnées
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creation date:			1885–1895
creation date earliest:		1885
creation date latest:		1895
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creditline:			Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	bronze
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: 25.6 x 41.9 x 27 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed front bottom right: "A. Rodin"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		Picasso and the Mysteries of Life: La Vie
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Picasso and the Mysteries of Life: La Vie</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-April 21, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Edgar A. Hahn
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wall description:
Rodin derived this couple, whose twisted bodies are locked painfully together, from the naked figures writhing in agony in his monumental sculpture The Gates of Hell.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Tacha, Athena. <em>A Supplement to Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 136S, cat. no. XXV; Reproduced: p. 110S, Plate 119S
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