Rodin : A Magnificent Obsession
by Kirk Varnedoe, et al
The work of the master French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is instantly recognizable throughout the world. This is due in no small part to the proselytizing efforts of B. Gerald Cantor (1916-), widely acknowledged as the preeminent collector and proponent of Rodin in America during the second half of the twentieth century. He purchased his first piece, a bronze of The Hand of God, in 1946, after being profoundly moved by seeing a marble version of it at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. For five decades, Cantor focused all of his efforts on researching and acquiring works by Rodin. Joined by his wife, Iris, in 1977, they built the largest and most comprehensive private collection of Rodin sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, and memorabilia. Of the approximately 750 works that the Cantors collected, including casts of each of Rodin's major monuments, The Monument to Balzac, The Gates of Hell, The Burghers of Calais and The Monument to Victor Hugo, 450 have been given away to over 70 museums around the world. Lavishly illustrated, Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession chronicles the growth of the collection, offering a comprehensive overview that includes works bequeathed to the Cantor Foundation from the Cantor personal collection, as well as new insights into Rodin's working methods and the histories of his most famous masterpieces. Amazon.com
(Hardcover)Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel
by J.A. Schmoll Gen. Eisenwerth
(Hardcover)Auguste Rodin : Master of Sculpture
by Irene S. Korn
(Hardcover)Rodin : A Biography
by Frederic V. Grunfeld
(Paperback)Rodin : The Hands of Genius (Discoveries Series)
by Helene Pinet, Caroline Palmer (Translator)
(Paperback - October 1992)Rodin on Art and Artists
by Auguste Rodin, Paul Gsell (Photographer)
(Paperback - April 1984)Ruben on Rodin
by Ernestine Ruben
(Hardcover)Auguste Rodin (Life and Work Of)
by Richard Tames
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding: 32 pages; (October 1, )Auguste Rodin : Images of Desire : Erotic Watercolors and Cut-Outs
by Anne-Marie Bonnet, Auguste Rodin
Hardcover: 160 pages
Schirmer/Mosel Verlag Gmbh; ISBN: 3888149401; (March )Rodin's Monument to Victor Hugo
by Ruth Butler, et al
(Hardcover)Rodin's Art : The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Collection at Stanford University
by Albert Edward Elsen, et al
(Textbook Binding)Rodin : Sculpture & Drawings
by Catherine Lampert
(Paperback - February 1987)Rodin : The Shape of Genius
by Ruth Butler
(Paperback)
August Rodin on DVD Rodin - The Gates of Hell
from Kultur
(VHS Tape)