Rodin…in full flow created The Eternal Idol.
Whilst many of Rodin’s sculptures were ideally produced as
bronzes – some indeed were produced in bronze and marble,
The Eternal Idol being one of them. Rodin himself thought that
marble allowed the purest form of expression, and Stone Icons
is delighted and proud to use the finest marble to recreate the
Eternal Idol.
Two naked figures in an unashamedly sexual pose in which the
man is kissing the woman’s breast, both emerging from the marble
block. Rodin, it is believed, saw himself as a latter day Pygmalion
and his cult of female beauty became his obsession. A Dutch art
critic once said. “What was The Thinker thinking about?” Sex,
that’s what. Rodin explained “Art is nothing but sexual delight,
it is only a derivative of the power of love.”
The Eternal Idol demonstrates more than any other piece, that
Rodin had a strong and active love of life, and an equally strong
love life.
Details:
Height: 73 cms
Length: 59 cms
Width: 41 cms
Weight: 200 kgs
Base (optional) 60 cms
Price: POA
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