RODIN, Auguste
(b. 1840, Paris, d. 1917, Meudon)

Eternal Idol

1889
Plaster, height 73 cm
Musée Rodin, Paris

The female body was Rodin's main source of inspiration. Some of his works projected a sensuality sometimes bordering on eroticism, as does the group called Eternal Idol, a clear allegory of Rodin's abiding admiration for female genitalia.




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