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The Kiss (Le Baiser)
Artist: Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)
Location: Tate
Date: 1901 - 1904
Materials: marble
Dimensions: 182 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,000 (Total: £7,500)
Vendor: Asa Thomas
Review number: 1691 (1953)
Provenance:
Commissioned by Mr Edward Warren in 1900; passed to his private secreatary, Mr Asa Thomas in 1928.
Description:
Over-life size, depicting Paulo and Francesca (From Dante's Inferno, and one of many themes which grew out of Rodin's 'Gates of Hell' project).
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