Rodin Works: Torso of Adèle |
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As a photo kept by Albert Elsen demonstrates, however, the
morphological origin of this
torso is to be found in the sexless twin Triton figures Rodin created in
collaboration with Charles As a plaster cast in the Musée Rodin shows, Rodin must have broken the 'Torso' between navel and abdomen, which allowed him to adjust the degree of twisting by rotating the halves along the metal armament inside. Despite its early date of creation, a photograph published in 1888, demonstrates that the 'Torso', which was later was to become a prominent element in the upper left hand corner of the tympanum, by that date still was absent in 'The Gates of Hell'. |
The 'Torso of Adèle'
was probably created as early as autumn 1880,
named after Rodin's favourite model Adèle Abruzzezzi.
The plaster shows the upper body as an arc bent backwards. Later this
form was repeated in 
Cordier as a facade decoration of the Villa
Neptune at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice in 1879 - one year earlier.
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