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Constantin Brâncuși (1876 –1957)The Gate of Kiss - Sculptural Ensemble in Targu Jiu, Romania

Constantin Brâncuși (1876 –1957)The Gate of Kiss - detail

Antonio Canova (1757–1822)Psyche Revived By Cupid`s KissMusée du Louvre

Antonio Canova (1757–1822)Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour Musée du Louvre

Antonio Canova (1757–1822)Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour Musée du Louvre

Hermitage Louvre

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Gustave Crauck (1827–1905) The kiss Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828) The Kiss Received ("Le Baiser Rendu") Wallace Collection

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Jafet Torelli(? - 1898) The kiss

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Oscar Han (1891 - 1976) The first kissOscar Han (1891 - 1976)

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Yves Pires - French sculptor.

Yves Pires - French sculptor

Pierre-Louis Flouquet (1900-1967)

Raymond Léon Rivoire, Le baiser de la gloire (1923) Riom - Hôtel de ville

Raymond Léon Rivoire, Le baiser de la gloire (1923) Riom - Hôtel de ville

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Wacław Szymanowski, Maternity, 1903 National Museum in Poznań

Wacław Szymanowski, Maternity, 1903 National Museum in Poznań

Jean de Coen (Belgian, 1890–1979)

Victor DelfinPeru El beso

El Beso (the kiss) is a large sculpture in the "Love Park" by the Pacific Ocean in the Miraflores district of Lima. It depicts the sculptor, Victor Delfín, and his wife kissing.

According to local accounts, the mayor of the district holds (or used to hold) a competition for the couple who could sustain the longest kiss, and this sculpture celebrates this. The park is supposedly inspired by Antoni Gaudí's Parc Guell in Barcelona.

The statue "Idyll" or "Eternal Kiss" was surrounded by controversy before he finally could "rest" in San Francisco Square in down town, São Paulo, Brasil.

Located in front of the Law school is an interesting statue known as Idilio or Beijo Eterno (Eternal Kiss or Idyll statue), which many found it immoral and caused a bit of controversy throughout the 1950s & 1960s when the statue was placed in various areas of Sao Paulo before finding its final resting spot in front of the Law school. This statue depicts one of the poems of Olav Bilaspur, which is about the love between a young Frenchman and an indigenous women. This bronze statue was built in 1920 by Swedish sculptor William Zadig.  

 Again withdrawn, the piece was placed on storage until 1965 in the City hall. Installed in the Largo do Cambuci, villagers held a petition for it to be withdrawn. The following year, the mayor Faria Lima decided to put it near the building of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation,. Soon after an alderman complained the Tribune House, saying that the statue was obscene.

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Buenoa Aires El beso, by Jean Paul Baptiste Gask

Paul Jean Baptiste Gasq (French 1860-1944) The Kiss.

Le banc des amoureux by Lea Vivot, Montreal Botanical Garden

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