This plaster was exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show and published in the Chicago Tribune of 25 March 1913.

It is a symbolistic work of two lovers embracing, a theme represented in numerous pieces of art full of erotism, from Auguste Rodin and Edvard Munch, to Gustave Moreau.

The original Marne stone carving is at Craiova Art Museum, in Romania.

[2] His abstract style emphasizes simple geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art.

Another version of The Kiss serves as an adornment of a tomb in Montparnasse cemetery in Paris, France but has since August 2017 been covered up in a box.