Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Y Cymylau
Artist: RODIN, Auguste (1840-1917)
Roedd i'r grŵp marmor y teitl hwn ('Les Nuages)' ym 1902 pan oedd yn dal yn stiwdio Rodin ym Mharis ac wedi ei gynnwys yn erthygl Quentin 'New York by Auguste Rodin'. Meddai: 'Cynrychiolir y Cymylau gan ddau ffigwr benywaidd ochr yn ochr, y naill yn penlinio a'r llall yn hanner eistedd...Mae effaith yr holl beth yn hyfryd iawn, yn rhoi syniad o gymylau'n newid ac yn symud.' Prynwyd y gwaith hwn gan Gwendoline Davies ym 1913.
Delwedd: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Delwedd: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Delwedd: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Pwnc
Celf
Rhif yr Eitem
NMW A 2510
Creu/Cynhyrchu
RODIN, Auguste
Rôl: Creation
Dyddiad:
Derbyniad
Bequest, 10/4/1952
Mesuriadau
Height: 75.5cm
Width: 103cm
Depth: 73cm
Height: 92.5 (base)cm
Width: 115 (base)cm
Depth: 80.5 (base)cm
Deunydd
marble
Lleoliad
Gallery 12
Caiff Casgliadau Arlein ei ddiweddaru yn rheolaidd, ond gwnewch yn si’r bod gwaith yn dal i gael ei arddangos cyn ymweld yn arbennig.
sylw - (4)
Thank you very much for your enquiry. There are no terminal figures of animals on the sculpture itself, and the sculpture is no longer on the red marble table described in the auction catalogue. I have passed your comment on to one of our curators to see if we have any further information on this former support.
Many thanks,
Marc
Digital Team
The 1913 Christie’s auction catalogue, which contains an image of the sculpture, describes it as two females, one of them winged, clasped in an embrace, resting upon clouds. It further states the group are in white statuary marble on a red veined marble table, supported by terminal figures of animals in white marble. Does this tie in with your sculpture? The part that appears missing is the "terminal figures of animals in white marble" which support either the table or the sculpture of the two females itself.
Are you able to comment on this please?
Laurie McCallum, Christchurch NZ
Hi there Laurie,
Thank you for your enquiry.
Here are the relevant details from our collection records, via the Department of Art:
"George McCulloch sale, Christie's, bought by Hugh Blaker on behalf of Gwendoline Davies, 23 May 1913 (101), for £3045-0-0 (Bill: Davies archive), Catalogue ref No. 101 page 34, actually titled The Kiss not The Clouds."
Best wishes
Sara
Digital Team
Hi, Presumably this came from the collection of George McCulloch 1848-1907 as described in the Royal Scottish Academy list of exhibited art, 1917 page 343 and was purchased when his widow, by then Mrs Coutts Michie, sold his collection at Christie's in 1913. The Clouds though is not in the Christie's catalogue nor the 1909 catalogue for the Royal Academy exhibition of the McCulloch Collection and presumably was sold privately to the Davies Sisters?
Regards Laurie McCallum