Eve by Rodin - Item #811

24 Inches High x 9 Inches Wide x 7 Inches Deep

This piece is also available in cast bronze. To select and view pricing, click “Bronze Cast” in the patina selection dropdown. Casts will be patinated in a standard medium brown-bronze color. View other pieces in the Bronze Collection here. Turnaround time for a bronze cast is up to 3 months.

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) intended for Eve and a sculpture of Adam to be included in the bronze doorway The Gates of Hell that he worked on for decades for the French government. For the compositions of both Adam and Eve, he was inspired by paintings by Michelangelo. Eve's body is naturalistic, and she closes herself off, suffering for her sin. Several replications of Eve at different sizes were created as stand-alone works, and Rodin also incorporated the figure into other sculptures. Please note that our cast is a different size than the popular Petite Eve. Original bronze castings and marble carvings can be found in museums including the Musée Rodin in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Artist: Auguste Rodin

Museum: Musée Rodin and Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others

Time Period: Modern, 1881

Sources:

"#8 Auguste Rodin." Auction. Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, 22 June 2011, London. Sotheby's, https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l11006/lot.8.html. 

"Eve." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/191804. 

"Eve after the Fall." The Art Institute of Chicago, https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16963/eve-after-the-fall. 

"The human body in Rodin's sculpture: Nature and ideal, movement and expression." Musée Rodin, https://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/resources/creative-process/human-body-rodins-sculpture-nature-and-ideal-movement-and-expression.