Rodin's

Rodin's "The Kiss"

$169.00

Offering a faithful reproduction of the original marble sculpture by French sculptor Auguste Rodin, standing 13-inches tall, crafted in crushed stone resin. It depicts the 13th-century Italian noblewoman immortalized in Dante's Inferno who falls in love with her husband's younger brother Paolo. Having fallen in love while reading the story of Lancelot and Guinevere, the couple are discovered and killed by Francesca's husband. In the sculpture, the book can be seen in Paolo's hand. The lovers' lips do not actually touch in the sculpture to suggest that they were interrupted and met their demise without their lips ever having touched.

Rodin indicated that his approach to sculpting women was of homage to them and their bodies, not just submitting to men but as full partners in ardor. The consequent eroticism in the sculpture made it controversial. A version of "The Kiss" was sent for display at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago but was considered unsuitable for general display and relegated to an inner chamber with admission only by personal application.

Rodin's "The Kiss"
Item #01990

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