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Rodin, Auguste,
A. A. Hebrard,
Figure male -- Full length
Figure male -- Nude
Allegory -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Sculpture
The Thinker, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917, sculptor.
A. A.
Hebrard
,
founder
.
Title:
The Thinker, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1949.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Statue: bronze; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 9 ft. x 6 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 5 in.
Inscription:
(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.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Figure male -- Nude
Allegory -- Other -- Thought
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Sculpture
Owner:
University of Louisville, 500 South Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Walters Art Gallery, 600 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 ca. 1904-1949.
Exhibitions:
Louisiana Purchase International Exhibition, St. Louis, 1904.
Remarks:
The statue, originally for Rodin's never completed Gates of Hell, may pre-date the 1900 bronze cast Rodin did for the Pantheon in Paris. The Louisville piece, authorized by the artist, was produced using the lost-wax (versus sand-cast) technique. The artist is said to have applied the patina himself. The statue was exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 and was a gift to the City from the estate of Louisville attorney Arthur E. Hopkins. The statue was purchased for $22,500 from the Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore), having been acquired by Henry Walters ca. 1904. IAS files contain news clippings from The Courier Journal magazine (Louisville, KY), Jan. 16, 1949. sect. 1, pg. 8; The Courier Journal: Jan. 16, 1949 and March 23, 1986; and from The Cardinal, Nov. 13, 1958; and Wisdom, Jan. 1957.
References:
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.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
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.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 71500171
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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