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The Thinker, large version (Le Penseur, grand modèle)

1902-1904, first modeled 1880-1881
19th C.
Europe, France
71 1/2 x 31 x 56 in. (181.61 x 78.74 x 142.24 cm)

By (primary)
Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917
Cast by
Georges Rudier Foundry French, active 20th century

Object Type: Metalwork

Medium: Bronze

Credit Line: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, promised gift to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University

Accession Number: 1988.106

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Provenance

Musee Rodin, Paris, 1968; sold to the Cantor Foundation, 1972; partial gift to Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, 1988

Bibliography

The Stanford Museum XVIII-XIX, 1988-89, p. 26;
Albert E. Elsen, “Rodin’s Art” (Oxford University Press, New York, 2003). No. 38, fig. 131, pg. 174-179, repr.;
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, "The Bronzes of Rodin" (Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2007). Vol. 2, pg. 587

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