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拍品专文
Rodin conceived Femme accroupie between 1880 and 1882. The originality and complexity of the crouching pose coupled with the expressive emotional state of the figure makes it one of the sculptor's most daring and dynamic works.
Rodin's model for this work was likely the beautiful and sultry Adèle, who posed frequently for him during a four-year period. Femme accroupie was created at the same time as Adam, Eve, and L'ombre, a period in which Tancock suggests "the influence of Michelangelo is at its most pronounced" (Tancock, op. cit., p. 136).
Although slightly varied in her pose, the figure appears twice in Rodin's famous commission, La porte d'enfer--crouching to the left of Le penseur and cradled in the arms of L'homme qui tombe in the upper right corner of the tympanum. According to Georges Grappe, Rodin made further modifications to the original form, altering it into that of the caryatid figure, which he considered using for a fountain. Although her body turns inward into a closed form, the dazzling play of light upon the surface of her graceful figure animates her form. Rodin's major contribution to sculpture was his 'humanization' of the body by embracing all of its perfections and imperfections, thereby revolutionizing figural sculpture.
Invoices in the Musée Rodin confirm that the present work was cast during the artist's lifetime by François Rudier in 1903. The Rudier Foundry held the exclusive contract for the small and the large version of this work, and this particular cast is likely the second or third cast of its kind, the first cast having been sold to Paul Cassirer in 1900. There are approximately seventeen casts of this size including two casts by François Rudier, seven by Alexis Rudier cast from 1903-1950 and eight casts by Georges Rudier from 1953-1957. This early cast was acquired directly from the artist by the noted British portrait painter, Sir Gerald Kelly, who bought it for 600 francs in 1904.
Other casts of this size are housed in the collections of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France; and Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. The plaster cast is located in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Rodin's model for this work was likely the beautiful and sultry Adèle, who posed frequently for him during a four-year period. Femme accroupie was created at the same time as Adam, Eve, and L'ombre, a period in which Tancock suggests "the influence of Michelangelo is at its most pronounced" (Tancock, op. cit., p. 136).
Although slightly varied in her pose, the figure appears twice in Rodin's famous commission, La porte d'enfer--crouching to the left of Le penseur and cradled in the arms of L'homme qui tombe in the upper right corner of the tympanum. According to Georges Grappe, Rodin made further modifications to the original form, altering it into that of the caryatid figure, which he considered using for a fountain. Although her body turns inward into a closed form, the dazzling play of light upon the surface of her graceful figure animates her form. Rodin's major contribution to sculpture was his 'humanization' of the body by embracing all of its perfections and imperfections, thereby revolutionizing figural sculpture.
Invoices in the Musée Rodin confirm that the present work was cast during the artist's lifetime by François Rudier in 1903. The Rudier Foundry held the exclusive contract for the small and the large version of this work, and this particular cast is likely the second or third cast of its kind, the first cast having been sold to Paul Cassirer in 1900. There are approximately seventeen casts of this size including two casts by François Rudier, seven by Alexis Rudier cast from 1903-1950 and eight casts by Georges Rudier from 1953-1957. This early cast was acquired directly from the artist by the noted British portrait painter, Sir Gerald Kelly, who bought it for 600 francs in 1904.
Other casts of this size are housed in the collections of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France; and Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. The plaster cast is located in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.