Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession , Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation features more than sixty bronze sculptures spanning the artist's career,including such works as The Thinker (1880) and The Kiss (ca. 1881-82). The exhibition celebrates the artist's revolutionary contributions to modern sculpture. The works were chosen to convey major projects and themes from throughout Rodin’s career, from his earliest bust of his father, Jean-Baptiste Rodin, to his later studies of dancing figures. In addition to such highlights as cast versions of The Gates of Hell and The Burghers of Calais, the exhibition includes works on paper, photographs, portraits of the artist and an educational model that demonstrates the complexities of the lost-wax casting process, Rodin’s favored method of sculptural reproduction.

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Organized and made possible by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation. 


Image: Auguste Rodin. The Kiss,  Modeled about 1881-82. Cast number, edition size, and date of cast unknown, Alexis Rudier Foundry. Bronze, 34 x 17 x 22 inches. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, promised gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art