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I Am Beautiful (Je suis belle)

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917

DateModeled circa 1885, cast at a later date (possibly 1918)

MediumBronze

Dimensions27 3/4 x 12 x 12 1/2 in. (70.5 x 30.5 x 31.8 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Object number2009.1.11

On View

On view

ProvenanceWith Galerie Odermatt-Cazeau, Paris; Sale, Christie's, London, June 26, 1996; sold to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles; given to NCMA, 2009.
Published ReferencesImpressionist and Modern Paintings Watercolours and Sculpture (Part I) (auction catalogue) (London: Christie's, 1995), lot 4, illus.

David Steel, Rodin: The Cantor Foundation Gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), cat. no. 10, illus. (color), also mentioned 6.
Exhibition HistoryMemphis, TN, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, September 1995-December 1995 [or April 1996].

New York, NY, National Academy of Design, "Figure in Sculpture: A Question of Modernity," February 20-May 19, 1996 (this work released from exhibition early: approximately May 1, 1996).

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, "Eros und Passion: 70 Meisterwerke," May 20-August 26, 1996.

Fort Wayne, IN, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, August 1996-June 1997.

Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Museum of Art, July 1997-September 1998.

Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Museum of Art [no dates].

Roslyn Harbor, NY, Nassau County Museum of Art, "Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation," September 26, 1999-January 2, 2000; Dayton, OH, Dayton Art Institute, January 22-March 26, 2000; Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, April 15-August 13, 2000; Norfolk, VA, Chrysler Museum, September 21-December 31, 2000.

Malibu, CA, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, "Rodin's Obsession: The Gates of Hell, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, January 20-March 25, 2001; New Orleans, LA, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, April 12-June 15, 2001; Las Vegas, NV, Las Vegas Art Museum, July 12-September 16, 2001; Hampstead, NY, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, October 2-December 14, 2001; Grand Rapids, MI, Federick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, January 11-March 3, 2002; Billings, MT, Yellowstone Art Museum, March 23-June 2, 2002; Manhattan, KS, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, June 15-August 25, 2002; Muncie, IN, Ball State University Museum of Art, September 15-December 11, 2002; University Park, PA, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, January 14-June 1, 2003; Worcester, MA, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, June 20-August 29, 2003; Saginaw, MI, Saginaw Art Museum, September 20-November 30, 2003.

Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Art Museum, "Rodin: In His Own Words, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation," January 18-April 11, 2004; Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Board, May 2-August 20, 2004; Middlebury, VT, Middlebury College Museum of Art, September 14-December 5, 2004; Auburn, AL, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, January 4-March 13, 2005; Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Museum of Art, April 8-June 18, 2005; Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky Art Museum, July 10-September 18, 2005; Corpus Christi, TX, The South Texas Institute for the Arts, October 6-December 31, 2005; Collegeville, PA, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, January 21-April 9, 2006; Traverse City, MI, Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, April 29-August 6, 2006; Bellingham, WA, Whatcom Museum, August 26-December 10, 2006; Ames, IA, Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, January 9-April 29, 2007; Charleston, SC, Gibbes Museum of Art, May 25-August 12, 2007; Atlanta, GA, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, September 8-November 17, 2007; Columbia, MD, Howard Community College Art Gallery, December 8, 2007-February 17, 2008; St. Peter, MN, Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, March 8-April 22, 2008; Evansville, IN, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, Science, May 10-August 17, 2008; Las Cruces, NM, Las Cruces Museum of Art, September 5-November 22, 2008; Midland, MI, Midland Center for the Arts, December 13, 2008-February 22, 2009; Stamford, CT, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, March 7-May 24, 2009; Chicago, IL, Loyola University Museum of Art, June 13-August 16, 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.

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