Adam
- Sculpture Hall
Auguste Rodin, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, May 4-29, 1954, no. 4, as Adam.
Eugène Rudier (1875-1952), Malakoff, France, by 1952 [1];
Purchased from the Rudier estate by Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, January 1954-1955 [2];
Purchased from Curt Valentin Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1955.
NOTES:
[1] Alexis Rudier established the Alexis Rudier foundry in 1874 in Paris and operated it until his death in 1897. It was then taken over by his son, Eugéne Rudier (1875-1952). The firm moved to Malakoff, a suburb of Paris, in 1934. Eugéne Rudier operated the firm until his death in 1952. The Rudier Foundry worked with Auguste Rodin to cast a number of Rodin’s sculptures in bronze.
[2] According to a letter from Jane Wade, Curt Valentin Gallery, to Patrick Kelleher, Curator, June 17, 1955, this sculpture was in Rudier’s private collection and “stood for many years in his garden in France.” The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York, Curt Valentin Papers, III.E.[54], copy in NAMA curatorial files.
“Arts and Artists: Powerful Rhythm and Vigor Characterize Rodin Works,” Santa Barbara News-Press (December 12, 1954): B-1-B-2, (repro.), as Adam, clipping, Curt Valentin Papers, I. [97.2], The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Arthur Miller, “Museum Has Rodin Exhibit: 43 Sculptures in Santa Barbara Show Skill Rare in Art History,” Los Angeles Times (December 19, 1954): 7, as Adam, clipping, Curt Valentin Papers, I. [97.2], The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Auguste Rodin, May 4-29, 1954, exh. cat. (New York: Curt Valentin Gallery, 1954), unpaginated, as Adam, clipping, Curt Valentin Papers, I. [97.2], The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
“Accessions of American and Canadian Museums: July-September, 1955,” The Art Quarterly 19, no. 1 (1956): 74, as Adam.
Ross E. Taggart and George L. McKenna, eds., Handbook of the Collections in The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, vol. 1, Art of the Occident, 5th ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1973), 167, (repro.), as Adam.
Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 209, (repro.), as Adam.
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, vol. 1 (Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007), unpaginated.
Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 121, (repro.), as Adam.
