THE STUNNING SCULPTURES BY RODIN

RODIN SCULPTURES

This visit came as a complete surprise to me. Full of surprises, as my daughter usually is, she made sure that she did not leave this out. I confess I simply had no idea we were going there.

Rodin! The Complete Stanford Collection

at the CANTOR ARTS CENTRE,

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

This exhibition presents the Center's entire Rodin collection, 200 works in all. The Cantor Arts Center's collection of Rodin bronzes is among the largest in the world outside Paris. The majority of the collection remains on the ground floor, occupying three galleries. Approximately 170 works by Rodin are on view inside the Center, mostly cast bronze, but also works in wax, plaster, and terra cotta.

Twenty bronzes, including The Gates of Hell on which Rodin worked for two decades, are outside in the Sculpture Garden. The Burghers of Calais are nearby on campus.

Unfortunately we could not view Rodin's monumental bronze sculpture 'The Thinker' . We were informed that is on loan to the North Carolina Museum of Art until 2012. However, not to be completely disappointed visitors to Cantor Arts Center can still see 'The Thinker' incorporated at the top of The Gates of Hell in the Rodin sculpture garden.

A truly wonderful experience. One that wasn't on my bucket list.