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Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917

DateModeled 1885–1889, cast 1979

MediumBronze

Dimensions12 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 22 1/2 in. (32.4 x 73 x 57.2 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Object number2009.1.13

On View

On view

ProvenanceJoseph Gaumont, New York; with Gaumont Estate; sold to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles, 1993; 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), 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. 12, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryTempe, AZ, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University, August 1993– March 1995.

Nelson Fine Arts Center, October 1–March 31, 1994.

Knoxville, TN [venue?], June 23–August 16, 1995.

St. Petersburg, FL, Museum of Fine Arts, September 11, 1995–June 30, 1998.

Montgomery, AL, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, January–December 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.

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.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary," October 23, 2021-January 23, 2022.

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