Nude Study of Balzac

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Nude Study of Balzac

France, Paris, first modeled c. 1892, this cast 1967
Sculpture
Bronze
50 1/4 × 22 × 24 3/4 in. (127.64 × 55.88 × 62.87 cm)
Gift of B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation (M.67.59)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Lehmbeck, Leah. True Nature: Rodin in Context. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
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  • Lehmbeck, Leah. True Nature: Rodin in Context. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Butler, Ruth; Hargrove, June E.; Holderbaum, James; Hunisak, John M. and Anne M. Wagner.  The Romantics to Rodin.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Levkoff, Mary L. Rodin in His Time: The Cantor Gifts to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994.
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