Study of a Woman's Torso (Primary Title)
Etude de Torse Feminin, #4 (Translation)
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917 (Artist)
Signed on proper left hip: "A. Rodin"
Marked on proper left buttock: "C (copyright) by musée Rodin 1967"; on proper right buttock: ".Georges Rudier. / .Fondeur.Paris."
Gift of the B. G. Cantor Art Foundation
From Picasso to Magritte: European Masters from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Taubman Museum of Fine Art, Roanoke, VA, January 25 – August 23, 2014
European Modern: Master Artists from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Statewide Exhibition, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA, August 23, 2013 – January 5, 2014
The Romantic Bronzes, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum and Library, Courtland, VA, November 20 – December 16, 1980; Peninsula Arts Association, Newport News, VA, April 8 – May 11, 1982
Degas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, May 22 – July 9, 1978
Hommage to Rodin, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, November 14, 1967 – January 7, 1968; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, January 31 – March 3, 1968; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, May 13 – August 25, 1968; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, September 16 – October 20, 1968; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, November 21, 1968 – January 5, 1969
European Modern: Master Artists from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Statewide Exhibition, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA, August 23, 2013 – January 5, 2014
The Romantic Bronzes, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum and Library, Courtland, VA, November 20 – December 16, 1980; Peninsula Arts Association, Newport News, VA, April 8 – May 11, 1982
Degas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, May 22 – July 9, 1978
Hommage to Rodin, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, November 14, 1967 – January 7, 1968; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, January 31 – March 3, 1968; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, May 13 – August 25, 1968; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, September 16 – October 20, 1968; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, November 21, 1968 – January 5, 1969
Collection of B. Gerald Cantor [1916-1996]; Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia in October of 1968. [1]
[1] Accessioned October 10, 1968. See VMFA Curatorial file.
[1] Accessioned October 10, 1968. See VMFA Curatorial file.
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