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Monumental Torso of the Walking Man

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917

DateModeled circa 1906, Musée Rodin cast 1985

MediumBronze

Dimensions46 1/2 x 26 3/4 x 15 in. (118.1 x 67.9 x 38.1 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Object number2009.1.4

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceMusée Rodin, Paris; sold to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, Los Angeles and New York, 1986; donated to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles, 1992; given to NCMA, 2009.
Published References"Sharing the Genius of Rodin: The New Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Court and Garden," in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 2010), illus. (color) 19.

David Steel, Rodin: The Cantor Foundation Gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), cat. no. 27, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryFlushing, NY, The Queens Museum, May 5–November 2, 1987.

Memphis, TN, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, “The Passion of Rodin: Sculpture from the B. Gerald Cantor Collection,” February–April 1988; Peoria, IL, Lakeview Museum, April 30–July 3, 1988.

“Rodin Bronzes: Sculpture from the B. Gerald Cantor Collection,” touring from 1988–1993 [venues unknown]; Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Art Museum, November 14, 1993–January 4, 1994; Haverford, PA, Haverford College, January 26–March 20, 1994; Fort Wayne, IN, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, April 1–May 31, 1994; Boise, ID, Boise Art Museum, June 11–August 20, 1994; Laramie, WY, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 10–December 23, 1994; Monterey, CA, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, January 7–February 28, 1995; Milwaukee, WI, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, March 9–June 19, 1995; Knoxville, TN, Knoxville Museum of Art, June 15–August 16, 1995; Tacoma, WA, Tacoma Art Museum, September 1–November 26, 1995.

Rockefeller Center, NY, “Rodin at Rockefeller Center: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation,” June 17–August 31, 1998.

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.

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