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The image displays swirling lines and shapes that form an abstract impression of movement. In the center, there is a figure resembling a human body entangled with smaller shapes resembling heads, arms, and torsos. This central figure stands on an incomplete background of straight and curved lines, distorting the human form into an abstract composition. The elements create a dynamic representation utilizing human anatomy but in a surreal manner.
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The image displays swirling lines and shapes that form an abstract impression of movement. In the center, there is a figure resembling a human body entangled with smaller shapes resembling heads, arms, and torsos. This central figure stands on an incomplete background of straight and curved lines, distorting the human form into an abstract composition. The elements create a dynamic representation utilizing human anatomy but in a surreal manner.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Allegory of Spring

Auguste Rodin

Date
1882/1888
Medium
drypoint on paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.8 x 9.9 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.) sheet: 24.4 x 15.9 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2006.57.29
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • drypoint
  • Woman
  • Nude
  • child
  • portrait
  • Cherub
Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); Mrs. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April, 1971; gift to NGA, 2006.

NGA object ID 134826. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.