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Article: Only Paris has more Rodin sculptures than Stanford; the university's garden displays 20.
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- October 1, 1986
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Only Paris has more Rodin sculptures than Stanford
Larger-than-life bronze figures appear to walk, talk, weep, and recline atop concrete pedestals in a new 1-acre garden at Stanford University. The B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden presents 20 of Auguste Rodin's sculptures in a formal outdoor setting similar to ones where these figures stood during the artist's lifetime.
Including some 130 pieces housed in Stanford's adjoining art museum, the university now has the world's second-largest collection of Rodin sculpture, and one of the largest outdoor displays of this artist's work. Only the Musee Rodin in Paris has a more extensive or distinguished ...