The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 24, 2020

The Hand of God

c. 1880 - 1917

Auguste Rodin

(French, 1840-1917)

France, late 19th-early 20th Century

Bronze

Overall: 15.3 x 16.6 cm (6 x 6 9/16 in.)

Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.579

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed on back and in relief inside the lower base: "A. Rodin"

Provenance
Estate of James Parmelee
Citations
Tacha, Athena. Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned: p. 101, cat. no. XX; Reproduced: p. [80-81], Plate 97; p. [81], Plate 97a archive.org
Tacha, Athena. A Supplement to Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned: p. 133S, cat. no. XX
Exhibition history

Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1940.579