George Minne acquired his greatest renown with his kneeling youths. Man and Woman Kneeling, also known as Adam and Eve, is the first example of a series of kneeling figures. Minne had his group of statues executed in plaster, granite and wood. In the Ghent copy, the seams in the mould have not been smoothed away, something that happens often in Minne’s work. Typical of Minne’s earliest images are the small format and the frailty of the slender, introverted figures.
| Artist |
George Minne
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| Title | Man and Woman, Kneeling |
| Date | 1889 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names): MIN [onderlijnd] |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | gypsum AAT |
| Inventory number | 1982-B |
| Acquisition credit |
transfer
Design Museum Gent Ghent 1982 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1982-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3259/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
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300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A
the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
Iconclass
31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA233 kneeling figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass |
| School / Style | Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
| George Minne en de kunst rond 1900 (Tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 18.09.1982 - 05.12.1982) / Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Albert Alhadeff. - Brussel : Gemeentekrediet, 1982 (p. 90-92, cat. 26 (ill.)) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 89 (ill.)) |
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