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Exhibition Tour: RODIN: TRUTH, FORM, LIFE: Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections

October 5, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Free

The exhibition tour of RODIN: TRUTH, FORM, LIFE will take place on Saturday, October 5th, 12:00 p.m. in the museum’s Walsh Gallery with the Curator of Education, Michelle DiMarzo. The exhibition will be available for view from September 13 – December 21, 2019.

This special exhibition, organized and made possible by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, presents 22 of Rodin’s bronze sculptures, which were modeled between 1860 and 1910. The works on view include preparatory studies for some of Rodin’s most important public commissions, such as The Burghers of Calais and The Gates of Hell, as well as portraits of French authors Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac.

Image: Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose, modeled 1863-64, cast 1979, Coubertin Foundry (published by Musée Rodin, edition of 12, numbered 12/12), Bronze

Details

Date:
October 5, 2019
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exhibition-tour-rodin-truth-form-life-tickets-63016986503

Organizer

Fairfield University Art Museum
Phone:
203-254-4046
Email:
museum@fairfield.edu
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Other

Artists
Auguste Rodin
Artwork Medium
None
Event Type
Tour

Venue

Quick Center for the Arts
200 Barlow Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
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