Despairing Adolescent modeled 1882, cast 1980 Auguste Rodin French Rodin produced more than a dozen figures embodying human expressions of despair. The original context of this tortured youth was as one of the damned on the lower section of The Gates of Hell. Body erect, torso arched, face and arms reaching toward the heavens, the adolescent hopelessly yearns for Despairing Adolescent. Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon). French. modeled 1882, cast 1980. Bronze. Sculpture-Bronze

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