Exhibition History"From Body to Being: Reflections upon the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997
"Selected Cowles Family Gifts to the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 30 - Sept. 11, 1994
"Auguste Rodin," Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Mich., Jan. 13 - Mar. 16, 1980
"The Kirsch Years: 1936-1958," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974
"Civilization Revisted: An Hommage to Sir Kenneth Clark," Wichita Art Museum, Dec. 4, 1971 - Jan. 30, 1972
"Auguste Rodin," Curt Valentin Gallery, N.Y., May 4 - 29, 1954; (Circulated to: Minneapolis Institute of Art, June 15 - Aug. 1, 1954; Des Moines Art Center, Aug. 15- Sept. 28, 1954; Portland Art Museum, Oct. 22 - Nov. 22, 1954; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Dec., 1954; City Art Museum of St. Louis, Jan. 1955; Cincinnati Art Museum, Mar. 1955)
Published References"Auguste Rodin," Curt Valentin Gallery, N. Y., 1954, exh. cat. no.25
DMAC Bulletin, June 1955, cover ill.
THE IOWAN, Jan. 1956, ill. p.19
"Civilization Revisited: An Hommage to Sir Kenneth Clark," Wichita Art Museum, 1971, exh. cat. no. XII, ref. p.2
"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center, 1974, exh. cat. no.58
"Auguste Rodin," Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, 1980, exh. cat. no.40, ill.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.183, 184 & 186, b/w ill. pl.120, p.184
"Selected Cowles Family Gifts to the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 30 - Sept. 11, 1994
"Auguste Rodin," Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Mich., Jan. 13 - Mar. 16, 1980
"The Kirsch Years: 1936-1958," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974
"Civilization Revisted: An Hommage to Sir Kenneth Clark," Wichita Art Museum, Dec. 4, 1971 - Jan. 30, 1972
"Auguste Rodin," Curt Valentin Gallery, N.Y., May 4 - 29, 1954; (Circulated to: Minneapolis Institute of Art, June 15 - Aug. 1, 1954; Des Moines Art Center, Aug. 15- Sept. 28, 1954; Portland Art Museum, Oct. 22 - Nov. 22, 1954; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Dec., 1954; City Art Museum of St. Louis, Jan. 1955; Cincinnati Art Museum, Mar. 1955)
Published References"Auguste Rodin," Curt Valentin Gallery, N. Y., 1954, exh. cat. no.25
DMAC Bulletin, June 1955, cover ill.
THE IOWAN, Jan. 1956, ill. p.19
"Civilization Revisited: An Hommage to Sir Kenneth Clark," Wichita Art Museum, 1971, exh. cat. no. XII, ref. p.2
"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center, 1974, exh. cat. no.58
"Auguste Rodin," Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, 1980, exh. cat. no.40, ill.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.183, 184 & 186, b/w ill. pl.120, p.184
DimensionsOverall: 29 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 17 1/2 in. (75.6 × 34.9 × 44.5 cm)
Accession Number 1955.13
Classificationssculpture
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsA. Rodin (on top of base on figure's anatomical left)
No. 3 (on side of base on figure's anatomical left)
Alexis Rudier (back left near bottom edge)
Provenance(Alexis Rudier Foundry, Paris); Curt Valentin Gallery, New York [acquired by 1954]; (Fred and Mildred Bohen, Carl and Edith Weeks, Gardner and Florence Call Cowles, Des Moines, and Anonymous [purchased from the previous, 1955]); Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 1955]
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