Updated 09 April 2025
Currently not on display
Photo by (c) Norihiro Ueno
Currently not on display
The Defense (The Call to Arms) (Enlarged)
| Date | 1879 (enlarged between 1906 to 18) |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | bronze |
| Size（cm） | 216 x 124 x 85 |
| Inscriptions | Signed right side of base: A. Rodin; Foundry mark back of base: ALEXIS RUDIER / FONDEUR. PARIS |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1261 |
| Category | Sculptures |
| Collection Number | S.1959-0013 |
Provenance
Bought from Musée Rodin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. January 1920, as ‘Grand groupe de la Défense’ (Fr. 80,000) [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., January 1920, in Archives of Musée Rodin, Paris; copy in NMWA curatorial files]; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.
Exhibition History
- 1966
- Rodin, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July 1966 - 11 September 1966, cat. no. 10
Bibliography
- 1989
- Goldscheider, Cécile. Rodin, vie et œuvre, Tome I. Paris, Wildenstein Institute, 1989, pp. 132-135, no. 105.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-27.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 1261, col. repr.