Auguste Rodin French, 1840-1917
The hand of the Great Thinker, 1999-2000
Bronze
38 x 20 x 19 cm
This work is part of our collection of posthumous August Rodin bronze sculptures. These bronzes are casts from original foundry plasters and part of a limited edition, each numbered.
This work includes a certificate of authenticity
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Of all Rodin’s works, The Thinker was the most important to him. If The Age of Bronze summarized his youthful aspirations, The Thinker was Rodin’s emblem of his mature self....
Of all Rodin’s works, The Thinker was the most important to him. If The Age of Bronze summarized his youthful aspirations, The Thinker was Rodin’s emblem of his mature self. Rodin guarded the sculpture with unusual care: variations of the work were entrusted only to his most experienced associates and casters. Until he gave the figure to the Alexis Rudier foundry in 1906, Rodin demanded that bronze versions, even of The Great Thinker, be produced by the arduous lost-wax method of casting.
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