Despairing Adolescent

Auguste Rodin

modeled 1882, cast 1980 · Bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Rodin produced more than a dozen figures embodying human expressions of despair. The original context of this tortured youth was as one of the damned on the lower section of The Gates of Hell. Body erect, torso arched, face and arms reaching toward the heavens, the adolescent hopelessly yearns for redemption.

Artist

Auguste Rodin

Date

modeled 1882, cast 1980

Medium

Bronze

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 1986