Bourgeois de Calais, monument : Monument des Bourgeois de Calais, première maquette
Burghers of Calais: Monument ot the Burghers of Calais, First maquette [Museum's Title: First Maquette for "The Burghers of Calais"]
modeled November 1884, cast 1970 [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
bronze 2/12, lost wax cast [archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
group
Dimensions (HxWxD): 23 1⁄8 x 13 x 11 1⁄4 in.
signed on top of base, front left corner: A. Rodin
inscribed on base, left side, lower edge, near back: E. Godard / Fondr / Paris
on base, left side, lower edge, near front: © by Musée Rodin
on top of base, left corner: No. 2
Acc. No.: 1974.97
Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 1974.97
Photo credit: Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
© Artist : public domain
© Artist : public domainProvenance
- 1970, July 8, Commissioned by the Musée Rodin, Paris [D9 RE9 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1970, December 10, Invoice and delivery date [D17, 1E11.2, D9 RE14 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1970, December 11, Payment date [D9 RE14 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1972, January 12, Private Collection [D40, D9 RE14 archives, Musée Rodin, Paris]
- 1974, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Bibliography
- Museum's website, May 8, 2015
- 2003 Elsen and Jamison
Albert E. Elsen, with Rosalyn Frankel Jamison, Rodin's Art. The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Edited by Bernard Barryte, with photographs by Frank Wing, [Stanford and New York], The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University in association with Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 69-72, n° 8 - 2007 Le Normand-Romain (français)
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, avec la collaboration d'Hélène Marraud et Diane Tytgat, introductions par Dr. Ruth Butler et Mr. Régis Cusinberche, Rodin et le bronze. Catalogue des œuvres conservées au musée Rodin, 2 volumes, Paris, Musée Rodin / Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, vol. 1, pp.208-216, Bourgeois de Calais, monument : Monument des Bourgeois de Calais, première maquette, novembre 1884, cet exemplaire est cité p.209 : "huit exemplaires, fonte E. Godard [...] n°2, Stanford University, Cantor Arts Center, don Cantor Foundation, 1974" - 2007 Le Normand-Romain (English)
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, with the collaboration of Hélène Marraud and Diane Tytgat, introductions by Dr. Ruth Butler and Mr. Régis Cusinberche, The Bronzes of Rodin. Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin, 2 volumes, English version, Paris, Musée Rodin / Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, vol. 1, pp.208-216, Burghers of Calais: Monument ot the Burghers of Calais, First maquette, november 1884, this copy is mentioned p.209: "eight casts by E. Godard [...] no.2, Stanford University, Cantor Arts Center, gift of Cantor Foundation, 1974" - 2011 Barryte and Tarbell
Bernard Barryte and Roberta K. Tarbell, Rodin and America: Influence and Adaptation, 1876-1936, Cantor Arts Center, exhibition catalogue (Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2011), p. 30
Exhibitions
- 2011-2012 Stanford
Rodin and America, Influence and Adaptation, 1876-1936, Stanford University, CA, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, October 4, 2011-January 1, 2012, fig. 10