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Cybele

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917

DateModeled circa 1889–1890, enlarged 1904–1905, Musée Rodin cast 1987

MediumBronze

Dimensions65 x 34 x 56 in. (165.1 x 86.4 x 142.2 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Object number2009.1.23

On View

On view

ProvenanceWith Bruton Gallery, Somerset, England; sold to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles, October 19, 1989; 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 16.

David Steel, Rodin: The Cantor Foundation Gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), cat. no. 22, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryKatonah, NY, Katonah Gallery, January–September 1990.

“Rodin Bronzes: Sculpture from the B. Gerald Cantor Collection,” with exhibition from: Miami, FL, Center for the Fine Arts, October 15, 1990–January 6, 1991; continued with exhibition through 1993 [exact venues and dates unknown].

Monterey, CA, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, “Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection,” January 28–February 28, 1995; Milwaukee, WI, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, March 17–June 19, 1995; Knoxville, TN, Knoxville Museum of Art, June 28–August 25, 1995.

Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Sculpture Park at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, December 1995–December 2001.

Reno, NV, Nevada Museum of Art, January 1, 2002–December 31, 2003.
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