Allegory of Spring

1882/1888

Auguste Rodin

Associated Names
Auguste Rodin

Artist, French, 1840 - 1917

The image displays swirling lines and shapes that form an abstract impression of movement. In the center, there is a figure resembling a human body entangled with smaller shapes resembling heads, arms, and torsos. This central figure stands on an incomplete background of straight and curved lines, distorting the human form into an abstract composition. The elements create a dynamic representation utilizing human anatomy but in a surreal manner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.8 x 9.9 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.4 x 15.9 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.57.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); Mrs. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April, 1971; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q76336366

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