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The Call to Arms (La Défense)
The Call to Arms (La Défense)

The Call to Arms (La Défense)

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917
DateModeled 1879, cast at a later date
MediumBronze
Dimensions44 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 15 in. (113 x 57.2 x 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Object number2009.1.2
On View
On view
ProvenanceSale, Sotheby's, New York, October 5, 1992, lot 16; sold to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles; given to NCMA, 2009.
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