PARIS.- The Kneeling Fauness, a major work in marble by French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), is to be put up for sale at Cornette de Saint Cyr’s Impressionist and Modern Art auction organised at Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, on Wednesday July 6th, 201…
Rodin Sculpture of French Fovelist Honore de Balzac Stolen From Israel Museum
JERUSALEM (AP).- A statue by French sculptor Auguste Rodin was stolen from the Israel Museum during the facility’s recently completed renovation, the museum said Wednesday. The nude bronze of French novelist Honore de Balzac was one of a series of stud…
Getty Museum Reopens Suite of Sculpture & Decorative Arts Galleries
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum today reopens its suite of sculpture and decorative arts galleries in the West Pavilion at the Getty Center with several recently acquired masterpieces featured prominently. These include Pietro Cipriani’s Med…
Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim’s New Mexico Museum to House Rodin Collection
MEXICO CITY (REUTERS).- Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, will soon open a new museum in one of the poshest areas of his native Mexico to house his collection of artwork by French sculptor Auguste Rodin, considered the biggest outside France. The n…