The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Les Damnées
1885–1895
(French, 1840–1917)
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.- Estate of Edgar A. Hahn
- 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
- Picasso and the Mysteries of Life: La Vie. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-April 21, 2013).Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
- {{cite web|title=Les Damnées|url=false|author=Auguste Rodin|year=1885–1895|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.278