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拍品专文
The number of variations Rodin executed on the theme of lovers is virtually incalculable. The opportunity to explore this theme in depth came with Rodin's 1880 commission from the French state for the monumental La porte de l'enfer. The numerous figures included in this work continued to serve as a well-spring of inspiration throughout his career. The female figure is also closely related to his 1889 composition, Le rêve, where she appears protectively hovering above a sleeping child. In the catalogue to his groundbreaking 1900 Paris exhibition, Rodin described a marble of the present subject with the following, "Above the delicate and tender body of a young girl laying dreamily, a succubae quietly approaches like a mist rising from the ground."
The present work was cast following the completion of the marble version that had been commissioned by Joany Peytel in 1894 (sold Christie's, New York, 6 november 2002, sold for $889,500). For this bronze edition, Rodin slightly altered the original composition by adding plaster to change the ornamental aspects.
Only four bronze casts are known of this subject in three different versions and all were cast during the artist's lifetime. Other casts are now housed in the permanant collections of the Reading Museum, United Kingdom (formerly the collection of the sculptor John Tweed) and the Soumaya Museum, Mexico City. The present work was purchased by Louis Bernard, a French financier, whose collection included two self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh, as well as other major Impressionist and Modern works of art.
The present work was cast following the completion of the marble version that had been commissioned by Joany Peytel in 1894 (sold Christie's, New York, 6 november 2002, sold for $889,500). For this bronze edition, Rodin slightly altered the original composition by adding plaster to change the ornamental aspects.
Only four bronze casts are known of this subject in three different versions and all were cast during the artist's lifetime. Other casts are now housed in the permanant collections of the Reading Museum, United Kingdom (formerly the collection of the sculptor John Tweed) and the Soumaya Museum, Mexico City. The present work was purchased by Louis Bernard, a French financier, whose collection included two self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh, as well as other major Impressionist and Modern works of art.