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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.
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