La Defense (sculpture)

La Defense
The Call to Arms
Model of the sculpture cast in bronze
Artist	Auguste Rodin
Year	1879
Medium	Bronze
Dimensions	110 cm × 58 cm × 41 cm (44 in × 23 in × 16 in)
Location	Portland Art Museum, United States
Accession	78.1

La Defense, also known as The Call to Arms, is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin.

History

Rodin created a model for a competition for a monument to the siege of Paris in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. It was rejected in favor of a bronze sculpture by Louis-Ernest Barrias. Later, it was enlarged to four times its size to be used as a monument in Verdun.[1]

Description

The bronze sculpture in the Portland Art Museum's Evan H. Roberts Memorial Sculpture Collection was modeled in 1879 and cast c. 1910, and measures 44 in x 23 in x 16 inches.[2]

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  Response to the competition
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  Monument in Verdun
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  Sculpture at the Portland Art Museum

See also

• List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin

References

1. "The Defense or The Call to Arms, large model". Musée Rodin Meudon. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
2. "La Defense, also known as The Call to Arms". Portland Art Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-12.

External links

• Media related to La Défense d'Auguste Rodin at Wikimedia Commons