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Statuesque

January/February 1999

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Statuesque

Photo: Jason Grow

Using a pregnant woman as a model, Auguste Rodin sculpted Eve in his Paris studio in 1881. The work was controversial at the time because it was one of the few to depict her after the fall from grace. A cast of that piece stands in front of the Gates of Hell in the Rodin Sculpture Garden outside the Cantor Center for Visual Arts. (Rodin’s Adam is also there, positioned on the other side of the Gates of Hell.) With 20 pieces on display, the Rodin garden is a popular campus spot for a quiet lunch, a moment of reflection -- or a casual stretch before running The Dish.

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