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Despair, Known as Despair from the Gates (Le Désespoir dit de la Porte)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: 1880-1889, cast 1959
Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (18.1 x 9.2 x 8.9 cm)
Markings: Back, proper right, bottom: "Georges Rudier/Fondeur. Paris" Back, bottom: "© by Musée Rodin 1959"
Signature: Proper left, bottom: "A. Rodin" Interior, stamped in raised letters: "A. Rodin"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Accession Number: 84.75.2
Edition: 11/12
Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Image: Overall, 84.75.2_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006

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