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Nude Study of Balzac ("F" Athlete)
Nude Study of Balzac ("F" Athlete)

Nude Study of Balzac ("F" Athlete)

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917
DateModeled 1896, Musée Rodin cast 1974
MediumBronze
Dimensions37 x 16 x 15 1/2 in. (94 x 40.6 x 39.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Object number2009.1.25
On View
On view
ProvenanceWith Telerate, New York, NY; sold to Dow Jones & Co., Inc., New York, NY; sold to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles, 1992; 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. 24, illus. (color), also mentioned 72.
Exhibition History“Rodin Bronzes: Sculpture from the B. Gerald Cantor Collection,” 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.

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.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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