The Thinker
Artist
Auguste Rodin
French, 1840–1917
DateModeled 1880, reduced in 1903, this example cast at a later date
MediumBronze
Dimensions14 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (37.5 x 20 x 28.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in honor of Governor Michael F. Easley and Mary P. Easley
Object number2009.1.6
On View
On viewProvenanceMontreal, private collection; Sale, Sotheby's, London, June 26, 1991, lot 105; sold to Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles; given to NCMA, 2009.
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Auguste Rodin
Modeled 1881–1882, enlarged 1911–1917, Musée Rodin cast 1988
Auguste Rodin
Modeled circa 1885, cast at a later date (possibly 1918)
