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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1362.A
People
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
  • Signed: side of base, u.l.: A. Rodin
  • inscription: back of base, l.r., incised: ALEXIS RUDIER / FONDEUR. PARIS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[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
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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

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