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Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière
Resistancefirst modelled 1870, this example probably cast 1894

Not on view
Dark bronze sculpture of a seated nude female figure with arms crossed, rough textured surface, draped cloth over lap, on a rocky inscribed base
Artist or Maker
Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière
France, Toulouse, 1831-1900
Title
Resistance
Place Made
France
Date Made
first modelled 1870, this example probably cast 1894
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
23 x 15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (58.42 x 40 x 29.84 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Cantor Fitzgerald Art Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.30
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.
  • 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.

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