Despairing Adolescent — Auguste Rodin | DiscoverArt

Despairing Adolescent

modeled 1882, cast 1980

Bronze

14 × 14.3 cm (5.5 × 5.6 in)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified August 2026

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