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Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

Wolfram Koeppe, the Marina Kellen French Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the intricate furniture designs created by Abraham and David Roentgen. The father-and-son team created innovative designs that were combined with intriguing mechanical devices to revolutionize traditional French and English furniture types.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013.

The exhibition and catalogue are made possible by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

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The Falling Man

Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)

Date:: modeled in 1882, this bronze cast in 1982
Culture:: French
Medium:: Bronze
Dimensions:: H. 23 in. (58.4 cm.); W. 16-3/4 in. (42.5 cm.); D. 12-3/4 in. (32.4 cm.)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 1986
Accession Number:: 1986.155.2

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