Despairing Adolescent

modeled 1882, cast 1980

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 800

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.

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Title: Despairing Adolescent
Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
Date: modeled 1882, cast 1980
Culture: French
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 17 3/16 × 5 1/2 × 5 5/8 in., 12.5 lb. (43.7 × 14 × 14.3 cm, 5.7 kg)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 1986
Object Number: 1986.37.2
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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