Artist
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)French, 1840–1917
CultureFrench
Titles
- Flying Figure #1
Date1890, cast 1964
PlaceFrance
MediumBronze
Dimensions17 1/4 × 32 × 12 1/2 in. (43.8 × 81.3 × 31.8 cm)
Base: 4 × 12 × 12 in. (10.2 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Base: 4 × 12 × 12 in. (10.2 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of B. Gerald Cantor
Object number68.29
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
221 Shell Oil Gallery
On view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Homage to Rodin: Collection of B. Gerald Cantor, November 14, 1967-January 7, 1968.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 31-March 3, 1968
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, September 16-October 20, 1968.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, November 21, 1968-January 5, 1969.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 18-June 18, 1972, Rodin: A Selection from the Musée Rodin, Paris.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14, 1983-January 1984, A Century of Modern Sculpture: 1882-1982.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Front right corner: A. Rodin Nº 1
Back side of base, along right bottom edge: Georges Rudier. Fondeur. Paris.
Label found on base in 2004: "Nationalmuseum / Stockholm 16 / Sweden"
Back side of base, along right bottom edge: Georges Rudier. Fondeur. Paris.
Label found on base in 2004: "Nationalmuseum / Stockholm 16 / Sweden"
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Auguste Rodin
c. 1910, cast 1970
Bronze with green patina and wooden base
2019.324
