Images(7)

The Cathedral

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917

DateModeled 1908, Musée Rodin cast 1955

MediumBronze

Dimensions25 1/4 x 12 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (64.1 x 32.4 x 34.3 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Object number2009.1.27

On View

On view

ProvenanceCollection Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge; Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, October 22, 1975, lot 102; sold to B. Gerald Cantor; given to B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation, December 1982; with Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles; given to NCMA, 2009.
Published ReferencesImportant Impressionist and Modern Paintings and SculpturesOctober 22, 1975 (auction catalogue) (New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1975), lot 102, illus.

Humanism in the Health Sciences 6, no. 1 (Spring 2003), illus. cover.

"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, illus. (color) 17.

David Steel, Rodin: The Cantor Foundation Gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), cat. no. 28, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryB. G. Cantor Sculpture Center, May 1981–June 1984.

Miami, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, January–February 1985.

New York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection,” April 19–June 15, 1986.

Memphis, TN, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, “The Passion of Rodin: Sculpture from the B. Gerald Cantor Collection,” February–April 1988; Peoria, IL, Lakeview Museum, April 30–July 3, 1988.

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

“The Hands of Rodin: A Tribute to B. Gerald Cantor,” joins exhibition already in progress at: Brooklyn Museum of Art, July 18–September 28, 1997; Provo, UT, BYU Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, October 23, 1997–January 4, 1998; Little Rock, AR, Arkansas Arts Center, February 13–May 17, 1998; Portland, OR, Portland Museum of Art, June 1–September 20, 1998.

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.

Stanford, CA, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, “Inside Rodin’s Hands: Teaching Surgery Through Art and Anatomy,” April 9–August 3, 2014.

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

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) makes images of its collection available online to support research and scholarship and to inform and educate the public. Certain works of art, as well as the photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by the NCMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains with the applicant. To request images and/or permissions from the NCMA, please complete our online request form.