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After murdering their husbands on their wedding night, the Danaids were condemned to the endless task of filling leaking vessels with water. The downward arc of the figure’s body underscores her desperation and frustration as water spills from her useless jug. The spine, shoulders, and musculature of her back form a complex surface that catches light and shadow.\n</p>\n<p>\n\tRodin asked his models to assume different positions as he sought the perfect expressive gesture. This approach distinguished him from academic sculptors, who tended to rely on conventional poses. Rodin modeled his subjects in clay, and his collaborators then made marble or bronze copies of them. The sculptor’s idea was considered more important than the execution, and versions of a composition in varying sizes and materials were held in equal esteem by contemporary audiences.\n</p>","remarks":"EUR1_02-05_CLA-Day 1 Cataloguing"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<span lang=\"EN\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\" dir=\"LTR\">\n\tAdolph Lewisohn (1849-1938), New York, NY by at least 1928; [1]\n</p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\" dir=\"LTR\">\n\tBy descent from the above to Sam Lewisohn, New York, NY (1884-1951);\n</p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\" dir=\"LTR\">\n\tBequest of the above to Princeton University Art Museum, 1954.\n</p><p> </p><p>Notes: </p><p>[1] This and all following provenance: John L. 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