Mr. and Mrs. B. Gerald Cantor

he: 1916 - 1996

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Auguste Rodin, La Douleur (de la Porte), model 1889, cast 1983, cast bronze, Gift of the B. Gerald Cantor Collections, 1992.84.1

La Douleur (de la Porte)

Auguste Rodin · model 1889, cast 1983 · cast bronze ·  Accession ID  1992.84.1

This free-standing, ivory-white plaster sculpture shows a nude, muscular, young man standing with his right hand, to our left, raised to the top of his head. In this photograph, his body faces us but his head turns slightly to our left toward the raised hand. He stands on a square base with his feet together and his right knee, on our left, slightly bent. That arm is raised in front of him with the elbow bent back so his hand grasps his short hair. His eyes and full mouth are closed. His other arm is also bent at the elbow at his side so that hand is at shoulder level, his fist curled. His face and arms have areas of straw yellow and flecks of caramel brown, presumably where the sculpture has been handled or worn.
Auguste Rodin, The Age of Bronze (L'Age d'Airain), model 1875-1876, cast 1898, plaster, Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.183.1

The Age of Bronze (L'Age d'Airain)

Auguste Rodin · model 1875-1876, cast 1898 · plaster ·  Accession ID  1991.183.1

A hand cupping two nude people, which are significantly smaller in scale than the hand, rises from a rectangular base in this oatmeal-colored, free-standing plaster sculpture. The roughly textured base is angled away from us to our right, so we look into the hand holding the intertwined people with the well-defined thumb to our right. The woman’s body is curled in a U shape, with the back of her shoulders facing us. The man rests his head against her breast as they kiss, and he wraps both arms up around her head. His legs extend to our right, his knees bent and pressed together. His right hip nestles in the curve of the thumb. The area around the people is roughly textured while the hand and most of their bodies are polished smooth. The artist inscribed his name in the lower right corner of the base, “A Rodin.”
Auguste Rodin, Hand of God, model before 1898, cast by 1903, plaster, Gift of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor, 2011.100.1

Hand of God

Auguste Rodin · model before 1898, cast by 1903 · plaster ·  Accession ID  2011.100.1