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Auguste Rodin French
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Exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. Several versions in bronze exist, such as MMA statuette of ca. 1880 (see 11.173.9).
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Title: The Thinker (Le Penseur)
Artist:
Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
Date: 1904
Culture: French
Medium: Plaster
Dimensions: Overall (with base): 70 1/2 × 55 3/4 in. (179.1 × 141.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Reproductions-Casts
Credit Line: Gift of André Saglio, Commissioner of Fine Arts of the French Government at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904
Accession Number: 04.36
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