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Rodin began work on Eve in 1881, shortly after receiving a commission from the French government for La porte de l’enfer, a monumental gateway representing Dante’s Inferno.

Rodin successfully petitioned the Ministry of Fine Arts to award him an additional 10,000 francs for the figures of Adam and Eve, announcing that he intended to place them on either side of La porte de l’enfer. There, they would represent the tragic predecessors of suffering humanity–Adam, the first man, slowly roused to life, and Eve, in her shame, the source of mankind’s fall from grace.

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Eve, petit modèle (modèle à la base carrée et aux pieds plats), 1881, cast in 1886. Height: 28 ¾ in. (73 cm.) Estimate: $2,500,000-$3,500,000.

Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale – 15 May at Christie's New York.

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