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拍品专文
The commission for La Porte de l'Enfer allowed Rodin the opportunity to experiment extensively with figure compositions, singly and in groups, in which he could work on a smaller scale than his earlier sculptures, and further refine his intensity of expression. A common theme amoung these sculptures is human love, expressed not in the tired allegorical conventions of the period, but in more novel, passionate and purely human terms.
As in many of his great figure groupings, Rodin developed the character in L'éternel Printemps from earlier material. The figure of the woman is derived from Torse d'Adèle, which appears on the left corner of the tympanum of La Porte de l'Enfer. The lovers were originally known as Zéphyr et la Terre and were exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1898 as Cupidon et Psyché; there are vestiges of small cupid's wings on the back of the man.
Due to its popularity, Rodin executed a second version of L'éternel Printemps, with an extended base and a rocky outcrop to support the left arm and outstretched leg of the male figure. The version became the model for the Barbedienne series of casts which were produced in four sizes over a period of twenty years.
The present work is dedicated to the French academic painter Jean-Joseph Weerts (Roubaix 1847- Paris 1927), pupil of Cabanel, famous for his historical scenes and portraits such as The assassination of Marat (Evreux Museum), The portrait of Paul Renouard (Louvre) and La fête du lundit, one of the ceilings at the Sorbonne University, Paris.
Within an edition of 50 casts in this size, there are a few examples with personal dedications based upon request by the foundry. The cast was purchased with the funds raised by the pupils and teachers of the National School of Industrial Art at the Leblanc-Barbedienne gallery on the Rue Royale in Paris and was probably offered for the departure of J.J. Weerts from the Roubaix school where he taught drawing from 1914.
As in many of his great figure groupings, Rodin developed the character in L'éternel Printemps from earlier material. The figure of the woman is derived from Torse d'Adèle, which appears on the left corner of the tympanum of La Porte de l'Enfer. The lovers were originally known as Zéphyr et la Terre and were exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1898 as Cupidon et Psyché; there are vestiges of small cupid's wings on the back of the man.
Due to its popularity, Rodin executed a second version of L'éternel Printemps, with an extended base and a rocky outcrop to support the left arm and outstretched leg of the male figure. The version became the model for the Barbedienne series of casts which were produced in four sizes over a period of twenty years.
The present work is dedicated to the French academic painter Jean-Joseph Weerts (Roubaix 1847- Paris 1927), pupil of Cabanel, famous for his historical scenes and portraits such as The assassination of Marat (Evreux Museum), The portrait of Paul Renouard (Louvre) and La fête du lundit, one of the ceilings at the Sorbonne University, Paris.
Within an edition of 50 casts in this size, there are a few examples with personal dedications based upon request by the foundry. The cast was purchased with the funds raised by the pupils and teachers of the National School of Industrial Art at the Leblanc-Barbedienne gallery on the Rue Royale in Paris and was probably offered for the departure of J.J. Weerts from the Roubaix school where he taught drawing from 1914.