The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost
| The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost | |
|---|---|
 The Museo Soumaya version. | |
| Artist | Auguste Rodin |
| Year | 1880 |
| Medium | Bronze |
The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost (known by the artist as Le baiser du fantôme et la demoiselle[a] or Le Rêve[b] ) is an 1880 sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin. It was first exhibited at his fourteenth exhibition, hosted by the National Society Salon.[1] One of the marble versions of the work is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City.[2]
It shows a winged man above a young woman, who tries not to return his kiss. The work shows Rodin's admiration for
Je plongerai ma tête amoureuse d'ivresse
Dans ce noir océan où l'autre est enfermé;
Et mon esprit subtil que le roulis caresse
Saura vous retrouver, ô féconde paresse,
Infinis bercements du loisir embaumé!
(...)
N'es-tu pas l'oasis où je rêve, et la gourde
Où je hume à longs traits le vin du souvenir?[c]
Rodin reused the figure of the woman in several other variants such as the Torso of Adele, Eternal Springtime, Paolo and Francesca and The Kiss.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ The Kiss of the Phantom and the Maiden
- ^ The Dream, possibly referring to Sigmund Freud and his theory of the unconscious mind.[1]
- ^ I will plunge my head, amorous with intoxication
Into this black ocean where the other one is enclosed;
And my subtle spirit that the wave caresses
Shall find in you, oh fecund laziness,
Infinite cradles of embalmed leisure!
...
Are you not the oasis where I dream, and the gourd
From which I gulp down the wine of memory in long draughts?
References
- ^ ISBN 9687794305.
- ISBN 9786077805137.
- ISBN 9789687794365.
External links
Media related to The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost by Auguste Rodin at Wikimedia Commons
