The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Little Brother and Sister
1916
Location: not on view
Description
Rodin spent years exploring new ways of representing the human emotions of love and affection experienced at different stages of life. The bodies and gestures of the children here suggest an innocent foreshadowing of the mature couple in the artist’s celebrated sculpture The Kiss of 1882. Both works feature a strong tactile contrast between the rough-hewn lower area and the smooth surfaces of the nude body above. Upwardly spiraling forms, combined with shifting areas of light and shadow, infuse the sculpture with dynamic energy.- Salmon P. Halle
- "Modern Sculpture at the Museum." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 6 (1917): 108-09. Mentioned: pp. 108-109 www.jstor.org"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 7 (1917): 135-37. Mentioned: p. 135 www.jstor.org"Rodin Memorial Exhibition." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 9 (1917): 162-63. Reproduced: Front Matter; Mentioned: pp. 162-163 www.jstor.org"Report of the Museum's Second Year." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 6/7 (1918): 69-79. Mentioned: p. 70 25136208Tacha, Athena. Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned: p. 100, cat. no. XVI; Reproduced: p. [68], Plate 84 archive.org
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.745