Cantor Arts Center

Auguste Rodin

This impressive collection is the result of a close working relationship and friendship between Albert Elsen (1927-1995), the Stanford University curator, professor, and Rodin scholar, and B. Gerald Cantor (1916-1996), the American financier and philanthropist.

It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) forever changed the history of sculpture. Rarely had the medium so audaciously challenged the primacy of painting over the course of the nineteenth century. Long regarded as a “dead” medium of motionless, inert material, sculpture in Rodin’s nimble hands comes alive, breaking free of the plinths that traditionally separated sculpted figures in stone or metal from their earthbound beholders in flesh and blood.

What makes Rodin’s sculpture so modern, it has been argued, is the way in which he makes visible an aesthetic of process—how, in other words, he takes traditional sculpture apart and puts it back together again in new and daring ways. Strategies of multiplication, scalability, fragmentation, and recombinatory modes of assembly constitute some of the hallmarks of Rodin’s artistic practice. Key to these various strategies is a relentless spirit of play and experimentation with the translation of media—clay, plaster, marble, bronze—through technical procedures of molding and casting.

Patrick Crowley, PhD, Associate Curator of European Art

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Image of "Hommage à Auguste Rodin" by Octave Mirbeau

"Hommage à Auguste Rodin" by Octave Mirbeau
from Les Dessins de Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin
Letterpress
19th C. France Rodin Documents
2009.36.135.a-d

"Hommage à Auguste Rodin" by Octave Mirbeau
from Les Dessins de Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin
Letterpress
19th C. France Rodin Documents
2009.36.136.a-d

[Figure on a Horse]

Auguste Rodin
Offset lithograph printed through half-screen
19th C. France Rodin Documents
1988.261

A peine si, par les hublots et les fenêtres éclairées, je pus voir–visions rapides–des débauches burlantes... (P. 151).

Auguste Rodin
Color lithograph
19th C. France
1983.156.16.1

Adam

Auguste Rodin
Bronze. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 1974
19th C. France
1985.15
Currently On View

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

Auguste Rodin
Terra-cotta
19th C. France
1974.88
Currently On View

Alexandre Falguière

Auguste Rodin
Bronze, black/brown patina. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 1955
19th C. France
1974.94
Currently On View

Anacreon and Love
from Les Dessins de Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin
Photogravure
19th C. France Rodin Documents
2009.36.113

Andrieu d'Andres, monumental

Auguste Rodin
Bronze. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 1981
19th C. France Burgher of Calais
1992.162

Andrieu d'Andres, second maquette (Andrieu d'Andres, deuxième maquette)

Auguste Rodin
Bronze, black/green patina. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 1971
19th C. France
1974.101
Currently On View

Andromeda (Andromède)

Auguste Rodin
Bronze, black/brown/green patina. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 19
19th C. France
1974.108

Anna de Noailles

Auguste Rodin
Bronze, black patina. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 1972
19th C. France
1974.71

Antonin Proust

Auguste Rodin
Etching with drypoint
19th C. France Rodin Documents
1988.238

Antonin Proust

Auguste Rodin
Etching
19th C. France
1983.64

Aphrodite, medium version (Aphrodite, moyenne modèle)

Auguste Rodin
Bronze
19th C. France
1982.302
Currently On View

Autograph Note of Thanks

Auguste Rodin
Pen and ink
19th C. France Rodin Documents
1988.242.1-2

Autograph Note to M. Mourey

Auguste Rodin
Pen and ink
19th C. France Rodin Documents
1988.241

Autographed Note to Kate Simpson

Auguste Rodin
Brown ink
19th C. France Rodin Documents
1986.470

Autographed Note to Kate Simpson

Auguste Rodin
Brown ink
19th C. France Rodin Documents
1986.471

Avarice and Lust (L'avarice et la luxure)

Auguste Rodin
Plaster
19th C. France
1998.350
Currently On View

Avarice and Lust (L'avarice et la luxure)

Auguste Rodin
Bronze
19th C. France
1975.184
Currently On View

Avec des gestes lents et charmants, Clara lissa l'or roux de ses cheveux (P. 5).

Auguste Rodin
Color lithograph
19th C. France
1983.156.3.1

Balzac in a Monk's Habit (Balzac en robe de moine)

Auguste Rodin
Bronze, black patina. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 1976
19th C. France
1992.167
Currently On View

Balzac in Frock Coat (Balzac en redingote)

Auguste Rodin
Bronze
19th C. France
1974.91

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Last updated: 01/21/2021

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"Hommage à Auguste Rodin" by Octave Mirbeau
from Les Dessins de Auguste Rodin

"Hommage à Auguste Rodin" by Octave Mirbeau
from Les Dessins de Auguste Rodin

[Figure on a Horse]

A peine si, par les hublots et les fenêtres éclairées, je pus voir–visions rapides–des débauches burlantes... (P. 151).

Adam

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

Alexandre Falguière

Anacreon and Love
from Les Dessins de Auguste Rodin

Andrieu d'Andres, monumental

Andrieu d'Andres, second maquette (Andrieu d'Andres, deuxième maquette)

Andromeda (Andromède)

Anna de Noailles

Antonin Proust

Antonin Proust

Aphrodite, medium version (Aphrodite, moyenne modèle)

Autograph Note of Thanks

Autograph Note to M. Mourey

Autographed Note to Kate Simpson

Autographed Note to Kate Simpson

Avarice and Lust (L'avarice et la luxure)

Avarice and Lust (L'avarice et la luxure)

Avec des gestes lents et charmants, Clara lissa l'or roux de ses cheveux (P. 5).

Balzac in a Monk's Habit (Balzac en robe de moine)

Balzac in Frock Coat (Balzac en redingote)

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