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Hand
Hand

Hand

Artist Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917
Datecirca 1886
MediumBronze, cast
Dimensions13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 23.5 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Fund
Object number66.10.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCharles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York; sold to NCMA, 1966.Published ReferencesGazette des Beaux-Arts 69, no. 364 (February 1967), 103, illus.

Museum News (October 1971), 28, illus.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 7, nos. 2 and 3 (1967/68?), mentioned 8, listed 71, illus. (b-w) 53, fig. 20.

Mark Cox, "Hand" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 64.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind, “Re-opening Exhibition,” November 14-December 19, 1969.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Rodin," April 16 - August 13, 2000.
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