The Thinker, (sculpture)

Object Details

sculptor

Rodin, Auguste 1840-1917

founder

A. A. Hebrard

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1993.

NMAA Inventory Staff, 1990.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0054, 1989.

Altrusa Club of Louisville, "Cut, Cast, Carved," Louisville, KY: Chamber of Commerce, 1974, pg. 17.

Image on file.

(On front of base:) THE THINKER/BY AUGUSTE RODIN/A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE/OF LOUISVILLE BY THE/HILLMAN-HOPKINS/FAMILY - MCMXLIX (On back:) A Rodin (On back of base:) CIRE PERDUE, A.A. HEBRARD signed Founder's mark appears.

Louisiana Purchase International Exhibition, St. Louis, 1904.

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Dedicated 1949

Control number

IAS 71500171

Type

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Medium

Statue: bronze; Base: limestone

Owner/Location

University of Louisville 500 South Preston Street Louisville Kentucky

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Figure male--Full length

Figure male--Nude

Allegory--Other--Thought

Record ID

siris_ari_304727

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