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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.

Published ReferencesImpressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, October 5, 1992 (auction catalogue) (New York: Sotheby's, 1992), lot 16, illus. "Sharing the Genius of Rodin: The New Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Court and Garden," in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 2010), mentioned 18. David Steel, Rodin: The Cantor Foundation Gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), cat. no. 2, illus. (color).

Exhibition HistoryPortland, ME, Portland Museum of Art, “Portland-Portland Show,” June 29–October 9, 1994; Portland, OR, Portland Art Museum, November 22, 1994–January 22, 1995. Salt Lake City, UT, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, “Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession, Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation,” May 20–September 2, 2001; Perth, Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, October 4, 2001–December 5, 2001; Canberra, Australia, National Gallery of Australia, December 14, 2001–February 24, 2002; Langwarrin (Melbourne) Australia, McClelland Gallery, March 10–May 19, 2002; Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, June 5–August 25, 2002; Sarasota, FL, Ringling Museum of Art, October 11, 2002–January 5, 2003; Akron, OH, Akron Art Museum, January 25–May 18, 2003; Sioux City, IA, Sioux City Art Center, June 7–August 31, 2003; Lafayette, LA, University Art Museum, September 20, 2003–January 4, 2004; Tulsa, OK, Philbrook Museum of Art, January 25–March 28, 2004; Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, April 17–July 3, 2004; Utica, NY, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, July 24–October 3, 2004; Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Glenbow Museum, October 30, 2004–January 30, 2005; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, February 26–May 22, 2005; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 18–September 18, 2005; Albany, NY, Albany Institute of History and Art, October 15, 2005–January 1, 2006; Hartford, CT, Wadsworth Atheneum, January 28–April 30, 2006; Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, May 27–September 4, 2006; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, September 28, 2006–January 14, 2007; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, April 6–July 29, 2007; Storrs, CT, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, September 7–December 16, 2007; Mobile, AL, Mobile Museum of Art, January 25–March 23, 2008; Fargo, ND, Plains Art Museum, April 17–July 13, 2008; Nashville, TN, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, September 12, 2008–January 4, 2009; Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, January 24–April 19, 2009; Sioux Falls, SD, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, May 9–August 9, 2009. Columbus, OH, Columbus Museum of Art, “Rodin: Muses, Sirens, and Lovers, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections,” July 12–December 8, 2019; Malibu, CA, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, January 18–March 29, 2020 [actually closed March 13, 2020, due to coronavirus pandemic]. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.

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