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Auguste Rodin
Invocationfirst modeled c. 1900, this cast 1986

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Bronze sculpture of a nude figure twisting upward from a rough rocky base, one knee raised, arm arched overhead, with deep teal-gray patina
Bronze sculpture of a nude female figure arching backward with arms raised above her head, rising from a roughly textured rocky base, with dark green-black patina and expressive modeling.
Bronze sculpture of a nude male figure perched on a roughly textured rock base, one knee raised, arm lifted overhead, with dark patinated surface and expressive modeling.
Bronze sculpture of a nude figure standing on a roughly textured rocky base, arms raised above the head, torso arched backward, with dark patinated surface and expressive, uneven modeling.

Auguste Rodin, Invocation, first modeled c. 1900, this cast 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Auguste Rodin
France, Paris, 1840-1917
Title
Invocation
Place Made
France
Date Made
first modeled c. 1900, this cast 1986
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
22 x 10 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (55.88 x 26 x 24.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Accession Number
AC1992.111.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah. True Nature: Rodin in Context. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.

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