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Auguste Rodin
Minotaur or Faun and Nymphcirca 1886

Not on view
Bronze sculpture of a horned, faun-like seated figure embracing a small child, with dark green patina and loosely modeled surface, on a rough rocky base
Bronze sculpture of two nude figures embracing, viewed from behind, with rough modeled surfaces merging into an unfinished rocky base, dark patina.
Bronze sculpture of a seated nude figure with animal-eared horns, viewed from behind at three-quarter angle, with a smaller figure at lower right, dark green-brown patina, rough textured base, loosely modeled surfaces.
Artist or Maker
Auguste Rodin
France, Paris, 1840-1917
Title
Minotaur or Faun and Nymph
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1886
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 10 × 11 in. (34.29 × 25.4 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Leona Cantor Palmer
Accession Number
M.72.81.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • 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.