Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010806Little Brother and Sister
Also known as: Embracing Children as Little Brother and Sister
About the Artwork
Rodin spent years exploring new ways of representing the human emotions of love and affection experienced at different stages of life. The bodies and gestures of the children here suggest an innocent foreshadowing of the mature couple in the artist’s celebrated sculpture The Kiss of 1882. Both works feature a strong tactile contrast between the rough-hewn lower area and the smooth surfaces of the nude body above. Upwardly spiraling forms, combined with shifting areas of light and shadow, infuse the sculpture with dynamic energy.
Inscriptions
Signed on base beneath figures: "A. Rodin"
Provenance
Salmon P. Halle
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
- Date
- 1916
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 56.6 cm (22 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Salmon P. Halle
- Accession no.
- 1917.745
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