Cupids Leading the World
1881
You might know Auguste Rodin as the guy who sculpted 'The Thinker,' but here he's playing with a much lighter touch. In this whimsical 1881 drawing, a giant, cloud-emerging hand cradles the globe while a chaotic crew of chubby cupids scrambles to push and pull it forward. It looks like they're trying to roll the world along, though a few seem to be just hanging on for dear life! It's a playful departure from his heavy bronze figures, showing that even the master of modernist sculpture had a sense of humor about the weight of the world.
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