Dancing Figure
Artist
Auguste Rodin
(French, 1840-1917)
CultureFrench
Date1840-1917
MediumPencil, watercolor, paper
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (36.2 x 27 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right: "Aug Rodin". No Platt stamp.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number50.48.79
Not on view
DescriptionPencil and watercolor drawing of a dancing nude figure.ProvenanceDan Fellows Platt, Englewood, N.J., d. 1938; Mrs. Platt,1938-50; Chrysler Museum Purchase, 1950 Exhibition History"Drawings by Sculptors," Oct. 1954. Sent at request of Miss Agnes Mongan to Fogg Museum, March 1966-July 1966. F.M.A. loan number T.L. 19957.2. See correspondence in 50.48 jacket. Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL, Aug.-Sept. 15, 1965. Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, May 6, 1963-June 26, 1963. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Aug. 17, 1963-Sept. 17, 1963. The Art Gallery of Toronto, Sept. 26, 1963-Oct. 20, 1963. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Nov. 1, 1963-Dec. 1, 1963. Wm. Rockhill Neslon Gallery, Dec. 15, 1963-Jan. 15, 1964. Cleveland Museum of Art, Jan. 27, 1964-March 1, 1964. Baltimore Museum of Art, March 8, 1964-April 8, 1964. North Carolina Museum of Art, April 20,1964-May 20, 1964. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Jun. 1, 1964-July 1, 1964. Minneapolis Museum of Art, July 15, 1964-Aug. 23, 1964. Seattle Art Museum, Sept. 11, 1964-Oct. 6, 1964. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Oct. 21, 1964-Nov. 20, 1964. National Gallery of Canada, Dec. 4, 1964-Jan. 10, 1965. "Movement and Meaning: Images of Dance in Modernist Art," Bayly Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA, September 20 - December 8, 1996 Published ReferencesSPARK'S CATALOGUE, #109, $60. LIFE MAGAZINE, June 1965.
