Rodin's Art: The Rodin Collection of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center of Visual Arts at Stanford University

Elsen, Albert E. and Rosalyn Frankel Jamison

ISBN 10: 0195133811 / ISBN 13: 9780195133813

Published by Oxford University Press, 2003

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Softcover, 662 pages; very good condition, light rubbing to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rodin's Art: The Rodin Collection of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center of Visual Arts at Stanford University
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195133811
• ISBN 13: 9780195133813
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • 19th Century

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Synopsis

The late Albert Elsen was the first American scholar to study seriously the work of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the person most responsible for a revival of interest in the artist as a modern innovator--after years during which the sculpture had been dismissed as so much Victorian bathos. After a fortuitous meeting with the financier, philanthropist, and art collector B. Gerald Cantor, Elsen helped Cantor to build up a major collection of Rodin's work. A large part of this collection, consisting of more than 200 pieces, was donated to the Stanford Museum by Mr. Cantor, who died recently. In size it is surpassed only the by the Musée Rodin in Paris and rivaled only by the collection in Philadelphia. In scope the collection is unique in having been carefully selected to present a balanced view of Rodin's work throughout his life.
Rodin's Art encompasses a lifetime's thoughts on Rodin's career, surveying the artist's accomplishments through the detailed discussion of each object in the collection. It will begin with essays on the formation of the collection, the reception of Rodin's work, and his casting techniques. The entries that follow are arranged topically and include extensive discussions of Rodin's major projects.

About the Author

Albert E. Elsen is at Stanford University. Bernard Barryte is at Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University.