The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

Les Damnées

1885–1895

Auguste Rodin

(French, 1840–1917)

France, 19th century

Bronze

Overall: 25.6 x 41.9 x 27 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.)

Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn 1972.278

Location

not on view

Description

Rodin derived this couple, whose twisted bodies are locked painfully together, from the naked figures writhing in agony in his monumental sculpture The Gates of Hell.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed front bottom right: "A. Rodin"

Provenance
Estate of Edgar A. Hahn
Citations
Tacha, Athena. A Supplement to Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned: p. 136S, cat. no. XXV; Reproduced: p. 110S, Plate 119S
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

Picasso and the Mysteries of Life: La Vie. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-April 21, 2013).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.278