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The Prayer

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917
DateModeled 1910, Musée Rodin cast 1979
MediumBronze
Dimensions49 1/2 x 21 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (125.7 x 54.9 x 49.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Object number2009.1.28
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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