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Auguste Rodin
Nude Study of Balzacfirst modeled c. 1892, this cast 1967

Not on view
Dark brown patinated bronze sculpture of a standing nude male figure with arms crossed over chest, partially merged with a rough tree-stump form at his lower body
Bronze sculpture of a standing nude male figure, arms crossed over the chest, gazing upward in profile, with roughly textured lower body merging into an unfinished rocky base; dark patinated surface with visible modeling marks.
Bronze sculpture of a standing male nude figure seen from behind, posed atop a rough-textured rocky base, with dark patinated surface and expressive modeling of the musculature.
Bronze sculpture of a standing nude male figure with arms crossed over the chest, viewed from a three-quarter angle, with curly hair and a textured rocky base; dark patinated surface with expressive, roughly modeled surfaces.

Auguste Rodin, Nude Study of Balzac, first modeled c. 1892, this cast 1967, 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
Nude Study of Balzac
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
first modeled c. 1892, this cast 1967
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
50 1/4 × 22 × 24 3/4 in. (127.64 × 55.88 × 62.87 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation
Accession Number
M.67.59
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.
  • 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.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah. True Nature: Rodin in Context. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.