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Sorrow

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917
DateModeled circa 1888–1889; Musée Rodin cast 1983
MediumBronze
Dimensions11 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (29.2 x 16.5 x 17.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Object number2009.1.16
On View
On view
ProvenanceMusée Rodin, Paris; sold to B. Gerald Cantor and anonymous associate, 1984; with Iris Cantor Trust, 1997; given to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles, 1999; given to NCMA, 2009.
Published ReferencesDavid Steel, Rodin: The Cantor Foundation Gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), cat. no. 15, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986 (or 1992)–1994.

Portland, ME, Portland Museum of Art, “Portland-Portland Show,” June 29–October 9, 1994; Portland, OR, Portland Art Museum, November 22, 1994–January 22, 1995.

“Rodin: Sculpture from the B. Gerald Cantor Collection” [venues and dates not known].

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, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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Hand
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circa 1886
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Modeled 1863–1864, Musée Rodin cast 1978
The Call to Arms (La Défense)
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Saint John the Baptist Preaching (reduction)
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Modeled circa 1886, enlarged circa 1901, Musée Rodin cast 1981
The Thinker
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Ugolino and His Sons
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Modeled 1881–1882, probably cast 1889
Fallen Caryatid with a Stone
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Modeled 1881–1882, enlarged 1911–1917, Musée Rodin cast 1988
Eve (small version)
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Modeled 1883, Musée Rodin cast 1967
The Falling Man
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I Am Beautiful (Je suis belle)
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