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Auguste Rodin
Orpheusfirst modelled probably 1890-1900, this cast 1969 (Musée Rodin 4/12)

On view:
LACMA Campus, Cantor Sculpture Garden
Bronze sculpture of a straining muscular male figure, arm raised with clenched fist, gripping a large rectangular slab, mounted on a rough rock base
Bronze sculpture of two intertwined nude figures in dynamic upward motion, rising from a roughly textured rocky base on a flat rectangular plinth, with dark green-brown patina and expressive, uneven surface modeling.
Bronze sculpture of a nude figure with arms raised overhead, wrestling or grappling with a bear-like animal form, both rising from a rough rocky base on a flat metal plinth; dark green-brown patina with expressive, textured surface modeling.
Bronze sculpture of a nude male figure kneeling on a rocky base, torso twisted upward with one arm raised and fist clenched, dark green patina with expressive, roughly modeled surface texture.

Auguste Rodin, Orpheus, first modelled probably 1890-1900, this cast 1969 (Musée Rodin 4/12), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Auguste Rodin
France, Paris, 1840-1917
Title
Orpheus
Place Made
France
Date Made
first modelled probably 1890-1900, this cast 1969 (Musée Rodin 4/12)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
59 x 50 x 32 1/2 in. (149.86 x 127 x 82.55 cm); Weight 663 lbs
Credit Line
Gift of B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation
Accession Number
M.73.108.3
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.
  • 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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