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Rodin's "The Thinker"

The Thinker Foreign title: Le Penseur Auguste Rodin (French, 1840 - 1917) Medium: bronze, green patina Measurements: Overall: 182.9cm x 98.4cm x 142.2cm Date: 1880-1881 Gift of Ralph King 1917.42
		All told there are, twenty-five 72" enlarged versions of Auguste Rodin's The Thinker. Of these, fewer than ten were cast and patinated during his lifetime. One of the last Rodin supervised casts can be found in Cleveland, Ohio, where it sits directly in front of the Cleveland Museum of Art. This cast was acquired in 1916, and given to the Cleveland Museum of Art early in 1917. About The Thinker Rodin's Thinker at the CMA Related Sculptures at the CMA Rodin as a 19th-Century Sculptor