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Title
Cleveland
Art
Museum
-
The
Thinker
Subject
Bronze sculpture
Art museums--United States
Cleveland Museum of Art
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. Thinker
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
Caption
on
reverse
reads
: "The
Thinker
-
Cleveland
Art
Museum
(1)
.
Cleveland
,
Ohio.
" The
inscription
on the
plaque
reads
: "The
Thinker
by
Auguste
Rodin
,
gift
of
Ralph
King.
" The
statue
outside
the
Cleveland
Museum
of
Art
was
badly
damaged
by
vandalism
in
1970
and
is
displayed
in its
unrepaired
state
. The
Thinker
(the
original)
is
a
bronze
and
marble
sculpture
by
Auguste
Rodin
held
in the
Musée
Rodin
in
Paris
.
It
depicts
a
man
in
sober
meditation
battling
with a
powerful
internal
struggle
.
Over
twenty
monumental
size
bronze
casts
of the
sculpture
are in
museums
around
the
world
. In
addition
there are
sculptures
of
different
study
size
scales
and
plaster
models
in
both
monumental
and
study
sizes
. There are
some
newer
castings
that have been
produced
posthumously
and are not
considered
part
of the
original
production
.
Originally
named
The
Poet
, the
piece
was
part
of a
commission
by the
Musée
des
Arts
Décoratifs
,
Paris
to
create
a
monumental
portal
to
act
as the
door
of the
museum
.
Rodin
based
his
theme
on The
Divine
Comedy
of
Dante
and
entitled
the
portal
The
Gates
of
Hell
.
Each
of the
statues
in the
piece
represented
one
of the
main
characters
in the
epic
poem
. The
Thinker
was
originally
meant
to
depict
Dante
in
front
of the
Gates
of
Hell
,
pondering
his
great
poem
. The
sculpture
is
nude
, as
Rodin
wanted
a
heroic
figure
in the
tradition
of
Michelangelo
, to
represent
intellect
as
well
as
poetry
.
Rodin
made
a
first
small
plaster
version
around
1880
. The
first
large-scale
bronze
cast
was
finished
in
1902
, but not
presented
to the
public
until
1904
.
It
became
the
property
of the
city
of
Paris
–
thanks
to a
subscription
organized
by
Rodin
admirers
–
and was
put
in
front
of the
Panthéon
in
1906
. In
1922
,
it
was
moved
to the
Hôtel
Biron
,
which
was
transformed
into a
Rodin
Museum
. The
Cleveland
Museum
of
Art
(CMA)
is
an
art
museum
situated
in
Wade
Park
, in the
University
Circle
neighborhood
on
Cleveland's
east
side
. The
Cleveland
Museum
of
Art
has
remained
historically
true
to the
vision
of its
founders
,
being
the
only
major
American
museum
keeping
general
admission
free
to the
public
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Height
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Image Width
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File Size
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Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2010-04-27
Date modified
2010-06-18
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