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Eve1883
1883
$75,000
£56,645.04
€65,433.82
CA$105,664.32
A$113,166.53
CHF 60,837.54
MX$1,374,473.59
NOK 768,712.01
SEK 703,813.01
DKK 488,910.20
About the Item
Auguste Rodin
Eve
6/24
1883, Cast later
68 cm.
Round Base
Signed
Masters Limited Foundry Edition
Gruppo Mondiale Est
Certificate from Master Limited Edition, Gruppo Mondiale
Provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut
To pose for the figure of Eve, Rodin enlisted a sensuous, young Italian woman, possibly Adèle Abbruzzesi or her sister Maria. “[She] had sunburned skin, warm, with the bronze reflections of the women of sunny lands,” Rodin recounted. “Her movements were quick and feline, with the lissomeness and grace of a panther; all the strength and splendor of muscular beauty, and that perfect equilibrium, that simplicity of bearing which makes great gesture” (quoted in A.E. Elsen, Rodin’s Art, Oxford, 2003, p. 190).
Midway through Rodin’s work on Eve, however, the young woman became pregnant and stopped coming to pose; the sculptor was forced to suspend his labors on the life-sized statue with parts of the surface—the abdomen, in particular—still rough and uneven. “Without knowing why, I saw my model changing,” he recalled. “I modified my contours, naively following the successive transformations of ever-amplifying forms. One day, I learned she was pregnant; then I understood... It certainly hadn’t occurred to me to take a pregnant woman as my model for Eve; an accident—happy for me—gave her to me, and it aided the character of the figure singularly. But soon, becoming more sensitive, my model found the studio too cold; she came less frequently, then not at all” (quoted in ibid., p. 190).
Rather than abandoning the figure entirely, Rodin decided to re-conceive his Eve at half-scale. In keeping with his working practice at the time, he modeled and finished the sculpture very precisely, highlighting the sensuality of the forms. The Petite Eve proved extremely popular with contemporary collectors, who found it hard to resist the statue’s seductive power, and by the end of the century Rodin had authorized the creation of as many as eight bronzes and fifteen marbles.
Recent NEWS:
CALAIS.- In 2025, the Calais Museum of Fine Arts continues in the transformation of its permanent exhibition, initiated in 2023. The spaces dedicated to Auguste Rodin, sculptor of the Monument to the Burghers of Calais which has contributed to the city’s fame, has been fully renovated.
This redesign of the Rodin Gallery is of particular importance to the museum, which has historically been very closely linked to the artist. Known as the father of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin was commissioned by the City of Calais in 1884 to create the famous Monument to the Burghers of Calais. This sculptural group still stands proudly on the square before the City Hall.
Auguste Rodin Mignon (Rose Beuret) Bronze Bust sold March, 12, 2025 for $115,900
12 3/8" W x 9 1/4" D x 16 3/8" H, bronze only
21 3/8" H, bronze with marble base, overall
Signed A. Rodin, Rudier Foundry mark
- Creation Year:1883
- Dimensions:Height: 26.7 in (67.82 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement Style:
- After:Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917, French)
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1977215510852
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