1943.1362.A: The Thinker
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1362.A
- People
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Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France)
- Title
- The Thinker
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: The Poet, Fragment of a Door
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 1880, cast c. 1916-1920
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229999
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 71.8 x 35.6 x 67.3 cm (28 1/4 x 14 x 26 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: side of base, u.l.: A. Rodin
- inscription: back of base, l.r., incised: ALEXIS RUDIER / FONDEUR. PARIS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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[Scott & Fowles, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1922, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1362.A
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 120
Verification Level
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